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FIVE  DECADES 

MDCCCLIII 
MCMIII 

HISTORICAL   RECORD 

COM  I'll. KIJ    BV 

HENRY  JAMES   McCOY 
General  Secretary 

FRANK  AVERY  JACKSON 

Assistant  Skckktarn 

ARTHUR  AMSDEN  MACURDA 

Director  Educational  Department 

ILLUSTRATED 


Photos  by  Couitesy 
Bushnell,  Taber  and  Boye 


SAN  FRANCISCO 

THE  YOUNG  MEN'S  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION 

MCMIII 


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FIFTY  YEARS 


ilE  \  oung  Men's  Christian  Association  is  the 
most  potent  factor  in  the  religious,  social,  moral, 
intellectual  and  plnsical  dex'elopment  of  young 
men  ami  boss  ot  this  generation,  ami  as  a  social 
organization  too  large  things  can  not  be  said  ot  it.  lo 
strengthen  and  substantiate  this  statement,  we  inxite  thoi-ough 
in\estigation. 

The  Association  idea  is  attracting  world-wide  attention, 
and  men  of  intelligence  and  affairs,  and  eminent  women,  not 
a  few,  are  testifying  to  their  belief  in  the  value  of  the  work 
by  making  large  gifts  for  its  maintenance  and  perpetuity. 

As  an  educational  factor,  in  its  night  schools  and  other 
lines  of  practical  education  tor  young  men  and  boys,  it  is 
appealing  to  the  sober  judgment  ot  thoughtful  men  ;   its  future 

to 

S possibilities  and  usefulness  can  not  be  measured.  It  is  one 
^of  the  great  forces  in  the  making  of  character,  the  one  true 
^  end  of  life.  It  is  gaining  faxor  and  prestige  with  all  classes, 
13  but  especially  with  the  working  xoung  men  and  b()\s.  It  is 
^  the  social  center  of  San  bVancisco. 

g  This  N'olume  contains  the  principal  e\ents  ot   the  fifty 

years'  history  of  work  of  the  ^'oung  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion in  our  city.  The  Association  was  organized  in  San  Fran- 
cisco on  the  I  Sth  ot  juK ,  18^3. 

In  an  enterprise  with  such  di\ersitied  activities  as  the 
^  oung  Men's  Christian  Association,  there  is  much  of  good 
that  can  not  be  recortled,  and  the  influence  of  those  who  ha\e 
helped  to  build  this  institution  will  be  as  lasting  as  time,  and 
will  ha\"e  to  do  with  the  lite  be\()nd. 

II.  I.  M. 


304772 


CONTENTS 

THE   RISE  AND   PROGRESS  OF  A  GREAT 
ORGANIZATION. 

PART   I. 

PAGE. 

CuAi'TEU  I.    Days  of  Bci:;iiiiiiiii:; i 

Early  Work  —  First  Association  Organized,  June  6, 
1844  —  Introduction  into  America. 

Ch.m'TER  it.     Across  the  Coiitincnf  to  California     ...  4 

San  I'^rancisco  Association  Organized,  July  18,  1853  — 
First  Annual  Report  —  Early  Membership  —  First 
Managers  —  Days  of  Experiment  —  Work  for 
Newsboys  —  Pioneer  Advertising. 

Ch.xpter   III.     Brij^/it  and  Dark  Days 13 

Second  Building  Owned  in  the  United  States  —  First 
Property  Acquired  —  Laying  the  Cornerstone  of 
Sutter  Street  Building  —  Sutter  Street  Building 
Opened  —  A'isit  of  Moody  and  Sankey  —  Mort- 
gage on  Sutter  Street  Property  Paid. 

Ch.\pter  IV.    Days  of  Dci'clopuicnt 20 

State  Organization  Effected  - —  ( )rganization  of  Army 
and  Other  Departments  —  The  New  Building  — 
Gift  of  $50,000  —  Laying  of  Cornerstone  of  Ellis 
and  Mason  Streets  Building  —  First  Service  in  the 
New  Building  —  Original  Poem  by  H.  C.  French, 
M.  D. —  Address  of  J.  J.  Valentine  —  Address  of 
George  \\\  ( iibbs  —  Address  of  A.  B.  Forbes. 

Chapter  V.  I'lic  Last  Decade  —  Dedication  of  the  Build- 
ing by  President  I'heodore  Roosez'clt  ....  51 
Dedication  of  the  .\ew  lUiilding —  Address  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Clampett  —  Address  by  President  Rolla  V.  Watt  — 
l>urning  of  the  Mortgage  —  Address  of  President 
Roosevelt  —  Dedicatory  Prayer  ])y  (leorge  C. 
Adams,  D.  D. —  Mothers'  Tribute  Innid  Subscrip- 
tion—  Effective  Work  of  the  Woman's  Auxili- 
ary—  A  P>uiMing  for  Poys. 


CONTKNTS  V 

rni<:  association   today. 

PARI    II. 

PAGE. 

Chapter  I.     I'or  the  Hi;Jicy  Man 79 

$12,000,000  for  the  Associatiiin  Last  Yvav — I)c])art- 
mental  Work — Rclij^iDUs  W'urk  —  'llic  \()lunti.Tr 
Lca^iK' —  r>il)Ic  St  11(1  \. 

CiiAPTi-.k  II.    ./  Mail's  Hoiiy 84 

Physical   l)ei)artnicnt  —  (  ami). 

Chapter  III.     I'yactical  lid  neat  ion 86 

Educational  I)ej)artnicnt  - — .\ij4l1t  School  for  Men  — 
Working-- Uoys'  Xight  School  —  Evenint^-  Law- 
School —  r)a\-    Schools  —  Corres])on(lcncc    Study. 

Ch.m'tkr  W.     The  Boys 93 

1jo_\s'  Department — In  the  (iymnasium  —  Cluhs  — 
Classes  —  Cam])  McCoy. 
Cii.M'TER  \'.  rarloits  Additional  Opportunities  ...  95 
Other  Eeatures  of  the  Work  —  Library  —  Readiufj^ 
Room  —  Literary  and  DehatiniT  Society  —  Game 
Room  —  Camera  .Section  —  .Social  Life  —  \\m- 
l)loyment   I'ureau. 

L"ii.\i'TKR  \d.     'r/w  Scope  of  the  Work 97 

The  Student  l"'ederation  —  Work  for  Colored  .Men  — 
.\rmy  and  Xavy  Work  —  The  Railroad  Men's 
Work  —  The  Indian  I  )ei)artment  —  The  Industrial 
Departmen.t. 


NEW    OPPORrUXniKS    FOR    SAN    I-RANCISCO. 

PART  III. 

Ncir  0 ppi'rtnnities  for  San  hraneiscc' 101 

.Army  Work  —  .Mission  .Strei't  liranch — Boys'  I'.uild- 
ino-  —  .Association  Institute  —  Educational  i'ndi  i\\  - 
ment  —  Relit^ious  Work  .Secretary  —  Social  Work 
Director —  Metropolitan  Plan  —  Industrial  De- 
partment. 


VI  CONTENTS 

PAGE. 

Our   Needs    in    Brief 105 

Endowing'  the  .Association  —  Your  Will  —  lleciuest  — 
We  Need. 

.Ippeiidi.v T07 

The  jubilee —  Inii)ortant  Information  —  Xationalitx'  of 
Members  —  Religious  Convictions  —  The  Class  of 
Men  We  Reach  —  Use  of  Privileges  —  Employ- 
ment —  Association  Institute  of  Practical  Educa- 
tion for  Alcn  and  IJoys  —  Re])ort  of  the  Treasurer 
for  i(j02  —  Life  Members. 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

Young   Men's    Christian    Association    Central    P)uiUling  — 

h^rontispiecc 

1 'residents 5,  li,  21 

Librarians  2/ 

Present  Officers 33,  39,  45 

Release  of   Mortgage 53 

Burning  the  Mortgage 58 

Executive  Officers ^3'  ^7 

Airs.  John  F.  Merrill  71 

Association  Institute  of  Practical  Education  for  Men  and 

Boys — Faculty 87,  91 

Jubilee  Day  Banquet 109 

Bible  Class,  Volunteer  League  Reunion 123 

Boys'   Gymnasium   Class,    Swimming   Room,    Amusement 

Room  125 

Association  Institute  Night  Classes.  Army  Department    .    127,  129 


THE  RISE  AND  PROGRESS  OF  A 
GREAT  ORGANIZATION 

DAYS    Ol-     Bi:c,INMN(.. 

CIIAPIIR    I. 


T 


HIl   ^  ounu;    Men's   Christian    Association    is   an 
c\oluti()n  i^athcr  than  a  creation.     W'c  i-ead  that 


/vS^|j^^^|^<  as  early  as  1632,  an  association  of  apprentices  Early  Work 
^^^^<^^^  ^vas  tormed,  who  met  together  at  five  o'clock 
on  Sunday  morning  for  prayer  and  religious  conversation; 
and  thenceforth,  at  interxals,  the  formation  of  various  kinds 
of  religious  societies  for  men  is  recorded.  John  Weslev  was 
prohably  the  first  to  undertake  work  for  his  fellow  college 
men.  Da\id  Nasmith  of  Glasgow  was  instrumental  in  found- 
ing some  ninety  young  men's  societies  in  the  United  Kingdom, 
France  and  America.  (1823-1838.)  A  number  of  these 
societies  existed  for  some  years  and  were  finally  merged  into 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  I'he  mo\-ement  of 
I  844,  of  which  our  own  American  Associations  are  a  de\-elop- 
nient,  had  its  inception  with  the  conversion  of  George 
Williams  (  1S37),  since  knighted  by  the  late  Queen  \'ictoria 
for  his  ser\ices  to  the  young  men  of  the  United  Kingdom  and 
the  world,  then  an  apprentice  in  a  dry  goods  establishment  in 
Bridgewater,  England.  He  soon  became  anxious  for  the 
welfare  of  his  associates,  and  was  led  to  praver  and  effort  in 
their  behalf  which  resulted  in  the  conversion  of  a  considerable 
number.  In  1S41  he  renuned  to  London  and  entered  the 
employ  of  Hitchcock  ^:  Co.,  of  which  firm  he  is  now  the 
honored   head.      Here   he    found    about   eighty   young   men, 


nVE    DECADES. 


fellow  clerks,  who,  ac- 
cording to  the  custom  of 
the  day,  lived  in  quarters 
over  the  store  ;  very  few 
of  them  were  Christians 
and  many  were  profligate. 
With  the  same  zeal  which 
had  characterized  him  in 
Bridgewater,  he  set  about 
to  gather  a  small  band 
of  Christian  men.  Soon 
others  were  added  to  their 
group.  Many  were  con- 
verted and  the  room  be- 
came too  limited  to  ac- 
commodate those  desir- 
ing to  attend.  This  led 
to  a  conference  with  their 
employer,  and  much  to  their  surprise  they  found  him  not 
only  willing  to  grant  them  larger  accommodations  but 
ready  to  profess  Christ  as  his  personal  Savior.  "  From 
that  hour  their  employer  became  the  father  of  his  house- 
hold, and  sought  to  conform  that  household  to  every- 
thing that  was  godly."  The  young  men  of  this  establishment 
soon  became  anxious  to  extend  the  privileges  which  they  them- 
selves enjoyed  to  the  employees  of  other  houses,  and  as  a 
result  of  a  special  conference  on  this  subject  a  meeting  of  all 
the  Christian  young  men  of  the  concern  was  called  for  June 
6,  1844,  to  consider  the  importance  and  practicability  of 
placing  the  work  on  a  firmer  basis.     At  this  meeting  it  was 

First     decided  to  organize  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association, 

Association        i         1  •  <-      1  •   1  •  1  ■   •        i  i-  •  r 

Organized      ^"^  object  ot  w^hich  was  to  improve  the  spiritual  condition  or 

June6yi844     the  young  men  in  the  drapery  and  other  trades.     Thus  the 


SIR  GEORGE  WILLIAMS, 

Founder  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 
London,  June  6,  1844. 


DAYS     OF     Bi:(;i.\Nl.\(i.  3 

first  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  was  born.  The 
Association  rapidly  grew  in  strength  and  scope  in  London, 
and  soon,  under  the  leadership  of  Mr.  \\'illiam  E.  Shipton, 
crossed  to  the  continent  and  Icit  its  impress  upon  the  young 
men's  associations  there. 

The  Association  idea,  however,  was  to  find  its  most 
fruitful  field  in  America.  Mr.  George  M.  \'anderlip,  a 
young  student  visiting  London,  wrote  a  letter  under  date  Introduction 
of  June,  1850,  which  appeared  in  the  "Watchman  and  tnto  AmenciX 
Reflector,"  of  Boston,  in  which  he  described  the  work  of  the 
London  Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  The  interest 
thus  aroused  led  to  the  organization  of  the  Boston  Associa- 
tion on  December  29,  185  i,  in  the  chapel  of  the  Old  South 
Meeting  House.  A  few  weeks  previous  to  this  (December 
9,  1S51),  entirely  unbeknown  to  those  interested  in  the 
Boston  Association,  a  similar  organization  was  effected  in 
Montreal,  Canada.  The  following  year  Associations  were 
formed  in  several  other  cities. 


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LONDON,  EN'CLAND. 


ACROSS    THE    CONTINENT    TO    CALIFORNIA. 


CHAPTER     II, 


]ROM  these  small  beginnings  has  grown  one  of 
the  greatest  brotherhoods  of  all  the  world, 
enrolling  over  six  hundred  thousand  men,  and 
an    institution    upon    whose    activities    the    sun 


never  sets,  for  wherever  a  young  man  may  go  the  wide  world 
over,  he  finds  this  open  door  of  opportunity,  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association.  As  young  men  were  impelled 
more  and  more  toward  the  great  centers  the  greater  became 
the  need  of  such  an  agency  to  protect  the  young  manhood  of 
the  land.  At  no  point  in  our  country  were  young  men  so 
much  alone  and  without  moral  restraint  as  in  California, 
where  there  seemed  to  be  no  God  but  gold  and  gain.  Yet, 
as  George  Williams  felt  himself  burdened  for  the  young  men 
ot  London,  so  we  find  the  Christian  young  men  of  San  Fran- 
cisco responding  to  the  needs  of  their  fellows.  At  the  invita- 
tion of  Mr.  William  K.  Osborn,  a  young  attorney,  a  group 
of  Christian  men  assembled  in  his  office  and  took  first  steps 
toward  the  organization  of  the  San  Francisco  Young  Men's 

San  Francisco     Christian   Association.      As   a    result   of  that   conference,    a 
Association  .  i     i  i  t    i  •         i        n- 

Organized,     general   meetmg  was   held  on  July    i8,    1853,    "''   ^^e   Fme 

July  18,     Street    Baptist    Church,    for  the   purpose   of  organizing   an 
^^     association  to  be  called  the  "  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion."    How  that  organization  was  effected  is  best  told  in  the 
first  annual   report  of  the  Association,  extracts  from  which 
we  here  quote : 

"  The  readiness  with  which  these  unions  are  organized, 
and  the  peculiar  work  which  they  seem  fitted  to  perform, 
show  that  they  have  conic  into  being  at  the  right  time,  under 


VV.   K.  USBORN, 

1853-54. 

"ouiider  of  San  Francisco  Association. 


E.  P.  FLINT. 

1854-55. 


U     r.    BADGER. 

1.S55-56. 


CHARLES  VV.  BOND. 
1856-57. 


jrOGE  E.   D.  SAWVER, 
1859-60, 


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» 


E.  \V.  PLANTER. 

1860-61. 


JUDGE  JOHN  REYNOLDS, 

1861-6  J. 


G.  VV.  AR.MES, 

l'!6:-63. 

PRESIDENTS 


IL   L.  CHAMBERLALV. 
186J-«>4; 
Librarian,  1S60-61,  1868-69,  1870-72: 
Delegate  to  the  Portland  (Me.)  Conven- 
tion, ls65. 


ACROSS   riii:  coxiim.m    lo  (  .\i.ii  okma. 


the  direction  ol  the  jjjrcat  I  lead  of  the  Church,  to  be  one  of 
the  instriinientaHties  \\hich  arc  to  hasten  on  the  coming  of 
1  lis  kin^xjoni  to  till  the  entire  eafth.  In  this  cit\'  there  were 
many  hearts  ready  to  res})ond  to  an  in\  itation  lor  united  work 
among  young  Christians. 

"The  first  meeting  was  held  on  the  e\ening  ot  July  i8, 
iS^3,  in  the  Pine  Street  Baptist  Church,  where  the  following 
resolution,  hrietiy  expressing  the  objects  ot  the  meeting,  \\as 
presented  by  V.  S.  Rising  aiul  unanimously  adopted: 

"  We.  the  undersigned,  anxious  to  ad\ance  the  cause  of 
Christ,  and  to  promote  a  spirit  of  religious  inquiry,  exalted 
piety  antl  Christian  fellowship  anu)ng  the  young  men  of 
California,  do  hei-eby  agree  to  form  ourseKes  into  an  asso- 
ciation for  the  furtherance  of  these  objects,  and  promise  to 
obey  the  Constitution  which  we  in  assembly  may  hereafter 
think  proper  to  adopt. 

"  Sixty-lour  names  \Aere  appended,  aiul  a  committee  of 
six  appointed  to  draft  and  report  a  Constitution.  On  the 
25th  of  July  the  Constitution  thus  prepared  was  adopted  with 
slight  alterations,  and  signed  by  eighty-eight  persons;  and  on 
the  eyening  of  the  in-st  Monday  in  August  the  ofKcers  were 
duly  elected  and  our  enterprise  was  fairly  launched  on  its 
yoyage.  During  the  year  there  haye  been  nominalK  in  con- 
nection with  the  society  one  hundred  and  fifty  associate  and 
one  hundred  and  ninety-three  actiye  members,  of  whom  fiye 
are  life  anci  one  an  honorar\'  member,  making  a  total  of 
three  hundred  and  forty-three  members;  nearly  one-fourth 
of  whom,  I  am  sorry  to  say,  have  failed  to  perform  the  th^st 
duty  imposed  by  our  constitution  —  the  payment  of  certain 
annual  dues.  These  are  so  small  as  to  haye  compelled  us  to 
rely  chiefly  on  xoluntary  subscriptions  to  meet  the  current 
expenses  of  our  enterprise.  l'"arK-  in  \o\ember,  18^3,  a  suite 
of  rooms  avcv  the  postofHce  was  rented  antl  neatly  fitted  up 


Pint 

Annual  Report 


Early 
Membership 


8  FivK  ni:r.\ni:s. 

for  our  use  —  one  as  a  library  and  reading  room,  the  other  as 
an  assembly  room,  which,  howev^er,  has  proved  much  too 
small  for  the  attendance  of  our  meetings,  making  it  necessar)', 
if  the  same  interest  continues  to  be  manifested,  to  provide 
larger  accommodations  for  the  future.  In  the  twelve  months 
past,  there  have  been  seventeen  regular  meetings,  at  thirteen 
of  which  essays  were  read  by  different  members  of  the  society; 
in  addition  to  these  essays,  the  Committee  on  Lectures  has 
provided  a  course  of  eight  lectures."  . 

The  temporary  organization  was  effected  with  Frederick 
S.  Hawley,  chairman:  George  H.  Kellogg,  secretary.  A 
constitution  was  adopted,  signed  by  eighty-eight  charter 
members,  and  on  the  first  Monday  in  August  the  following 
managers  were  chosen  : 
First  \Y.  K.  Osborn Presbyterian. 

Abel  Whitton       ...  .      Congregational. 

F.  S.  Rising Episcopal. 

I.    P.    Cogswell Baptist. 

John  H.  Stout Methodist. 

Thomas  G.  Spear Unitarian. 

Thus  in  less  than  two  years  after  the  introduction  of  the 
Association  in  America  it  had  reached  out  to  the  far  off 
Days  of  Pacific  shores  and  was  fairly  launched  upon  its  career  of 
txpertment  usefulness.  Its  early  days  were  marked  by  many  experiments, 
some  of  them  successes,  others  failures.  These  men  were 
making  history  and  forming  the  association  policy,  which  is 
now  our  standard.  There  were  many  misconstructions  of  the 
idea,  but  throughout  their  varied  experience  the  members  of 
the  Association  have  kept  remarkably  close  to  the  principle 
of  membership  In  some  evangelical  church  as  the  test  of  active 
membership.  Shortly  after  organization  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  secure  suitable  rooms,  and  early  in  November, 
1853,  the  Association  found  itself  housed  in  the  California 


ACROSS    1  111-:  C'ON'l  IXl.M     1<)  C  A  1.1  lOKMA. 


Exchange  Building  over  the  postoffice,  opposite  Portsmouth 
Square.  A  Saturday  night  devotional  service  is  reported  as 
accomplishing  much  good  and  being  fairly  well  attended. 
Later  on  an  independent  union  Sabbath  school  tor  newsboys 
and  others,  a  noon-day  prayer  meeting,  a  missionary  effort 
among  the  foreign  population  of  the  city,  a  meeting  for  men 
and  women,  street  meetings,  a  Bible  class,  and  a  men's  meeting 
were  organized  and  carried  on  with  Narying  degrees  of 
success.  N'isitation  of  the  sick,  securing  ot  employment, 
hterary  society  and  social  work,  and  library  and  reading 
room  largelv  made  up  the  activities  of  the  Association  for 
some  vears.  As  a  means  of  making  the  Association  known 
among  young  men,  the  board  of  management  inserted  an 
advertisement  in  the  city  directory,  and  cards  suitably  printed 
and  framed  were  placed  in  all  the  steamers  plying  between 
this  port  and  other  coast  cities,  on  all  boats  navigating  our 
waters,  in  hotels  and  in  other  public  places  of  the  city.  The 
cards  read  as  follows : 

"To  Young  Men:  The  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation, established  in  this  city  for  the  moral  and  mental 
improvement  of  young  men,  have  opened  their  rooms  in  the 
California  Exchange,  over  the  postoffice,  where  may  be  found 
a  well-selected  libraiw  and  leading  newspapers  and  periodi- 
cals from  every  part  of  the  Union.  To  all  residents  of  San 
Francisco,  and  strangers  arriving  in  this  city,  the  Association 
extend  a  cordial  invitation  to  \isit  their  rooms,  trusting  that 
thc\-  will  find  it  a  pleasant  and  profitable  resort.  San  Fran- 
cisco, December,   18^3." 

During  the  Hrst  year  of  the  Association's  history  the 
first  *  International  Convention  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  was  held  in  Buffalo,  New  York,  June  7-8. 


Work  for 
Newsboys 


Pioneer 
Advertising 


*   After  fit'tv  vears  the  International  Convention   will  again   be   held  at 
Buffalo,  in  June,  1904. 


10 


FIVE  DECADES. 


18^4,  and  Mr.  J.  J.  McConib,  whose  likeness  is  given  below, 
was  sent  as  a  delegate  from  San  Francisco  to  this  very  import- 
ant  gathering. 


J.  J.  McCOMB, 

Delegate  from  San  Francisco  Association  to  the  First  International  Convention 

held  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  June,  1S54. 


VV.  M.  CUBERV, 

lS64-()5. 


'T 


SAMUEL  IRVING 
1865-66. 


JUDGE  RAEI'll    C.  HARRISON. 
1865-66. 

(Resigned  April  IS,  186fi)  (El.-cted  1866,  vice  R.  C.  Harrison, 

^        *  f  •         /  resigned.) 


DANIEL  C  BREED 
1866-67. 


GEO.  BARSTOW, 

1867-68. 


NOAH  BROOKS. 
1868-69-70. 


CAl'T.  CHARLES  GOODALL 
1870-71. 


B.  H.  FREEMAM, 


JACOB  S.  lABKK, 
ls73-.\pril-Sl 


PRESIDENTS 


BRIGHT    AND    DARK    DAYS. 


CHAPTER    III. 


X  common  with  similar  organizations,  this  Asso- 
ciation has  had  its  bright  and  dark  days.  But 
^§j^3£7#^"  troiii  its  very  inception  a  valuable  work  has 
^T^^ff^  been  accomplished;  and  thousands  of  young 
men  who  ha\e  passed  beyond  the  boundaries  of  this 
life,  and  many  who  are  still  with  us,  will  have  reason  to  be 
grateful  to  God,  through  time  and  eternity,  for  the  hallowing 
influence  which  has  radiated  from  this  Christian  organiza- 
tion. None  of  the  kind  friends  who  have  helped  on  the  good 
work  by  words  of  encouragement,  active  co-operation,  and 
last,  but  by  no  means  least,  financially,  will  regret  time  or 
money  given,  when  they  realize  through  all  these  changing 
years  the  numberless  blessings  and  words  of  cheer  which 
have  come  to  so  many  thousands  who  have  been  in  touch 
with  this  work.  It  would  take  a  volume  many  times  larger 
than  this  book  to  contain  anything  like  an  adequate  record 
of  what  has  been  accomplished,  and  we  must  content  ourselves 
with  a  brief  outline  of  the  great  work  which  has  covered  a 

period  of  fifty  years.      It  was  at  one  time  stated  that  the 

o        T-  •         AT  A  r      ?     /-i     •     •  \  •      •  5     L         Second  Build- 

San  rrancisco  i  oung  Men  s  Christian  Association  owned  the      •     o?^/W />/ 

first  building  in  this  country;    but  our  friends  at  Baltimore      the  United 

claim  this  honor,  and  we  have  no  reason  or  desire  to  doubt 

their  record,  and  are  willing  to  content  ourselves  with  second 

place  on  the  roll.     The  steady  progress  of  the  Association  in 

this  city  is  well  shown  bv  the  various  "  local  habitations  "  that 

have  marked  its  course   from   infancy  to  its  present  manly 

strength.     Organized  in  July,  1853,  its  first  location  was  over 

the  postoffice  on  Clav  Street,  opposite  the  plaza,  the  monthly 


H 


FIVE  DECADES. 


meetings  being  held  in  the  little  German  church  on  Dupont 
Street,  between  Pine  and  California.  Early  in  1856  the  first 
move  was  made  to  the  fourth  story  of  "Armory  Building," 
corner  of  Sacramento  and  Montgomery  Streets,  where  the 
building  of  the  Pacific  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  now 
stands;  here  three  sunny  rooms  served  the  modest  require- 
ments of  the  Association  for  two  years,  until  1858.  Drop- 
ping from  these  "  sky  parlors"  in  1858,  under  the  presidency 
of  Hon.  James  A.  Banks,  the  Association  secured  rooms 
on  the  second  floor  of  629  Washington  Street,  opposite 
"  Maguire's  Opera  House."  Two  large  rooms  for  general 
purposes  and  one  small  one  for  the  library,  served  the  needs 
of  the  Association  for  six  years  longer,  to  1864.  It  was  here, 
during  the  war,  that  a  proposition  was  seriously  considered 


THIRD    BUILDING    OCCUPIED  BY  THE  ASSOCIATION,  WASHINGTON    STREET 
Former  buildings  long  since  removed  to  give  place  to  more  modern  structures. 


KKlGIl  I    AM)   DARK   DAYS.  1  5 

of  Storing  the  books,  closing  the  rooms,  and  opening  again 

when  better  circumstances  might  seem  to  fa\'or  it  —  all  this 

because  of  a  debt  of  three  hundred  dollars.      A   tew  brave 

souls  defeated  this  proposition,   and  pushcii  out  for  "better      First  Property 

circumstances."      Juirly   in   the   year  of    1864,    the  building      Acquired 

represented  by  the   following  cut  was  purchased,  on  leased 

ground,  at  ^22  California  Street,  between  Montgomery  and 

Kearny,  and  fitted  up  for  the  use  of  the  Association,  at  a  cost 

of  $2,100.      I'his  e\ent  marked  an  era  in  the  history  of  the 


FIRST  BUILDING  OWNED  BV  THE  S.\N  FRAN'CISCO  ASSOCIATION. 

Where  the  German  Savings  and  Loan  Society  Bank  now  stands, 

52J  Calitornia  Street. 

The  Second  .Association  Buildinj;  owned  in  the  I'nited  Slates. 


i6 


FIVE  DECADES. 


Association,  which  was  duly  celebrated  July  i8,  1864,  by  an 
informal  reception  to  early  friends  and  members  of  the  i\sso- 
ciation.  These  came  in  force  to  congratulate  the  members 
on  their  changed  relations  from  lessee  to  lessor,  the  first  floor 
being  let  for  double  the  amount  of  the  ground  rent.  Rev. 
A.  E.  Kittredge  gave  the  address  of  the  evening,  which  was 
otherwise  given  over  to  music  and  social  converse. 

In  January,  1868,  ground  was  broken  for  the  building 
represented  by  the  cut  below,  occupied  bv  the  Association, 
at  232  Sutter  Street,  and  considered  at  that  time  one  of  the 
most  beautiful  In  the  city. 


hL  1  Tbk  b  1  khh  1    Kl  U.lJl.NG. 
The  second  owned  by  the  San  Francisco  Association. 


liKKill  1    AND  1).\KK    DAYS. 


17 


April  iS,  1868,  the  Association  assciiihlccl  to  witness 
the  hiying  of  the  cornerstone,  President  George  Barstow 
opening  the  exercises  by  a  short  address,  followed  by  a  prayer 
by  Rev.  Henry  M.  Scuddcr.  i).  I).  I\c\ .  Dr.  I.athrop  then 
gave  the  following  as  the  contents  ot  the  box  to  be  deposited 
under  the  cornerstone : 

I'irst,  copies  of  the  annual  reports  of  the  Association 
to  date; 

Second,  certain  circular  letters  bearing  upon  the  work. 

Third,  photographic  copy  of  Certificate  of  Lite  Mem- 
bership; 

Fourth,   Pacific  Year-Book  of  Facts; 

Fifth,  latest  steamer  and  daily  editions  of  the  AlUi  Culi- 
foni'uiii,  Evi'ii'nij^  BiiUet'iu,  and  Tnucs  newspapers. 

After  singing,  "  Blest  Be  the  'Fie  That  Binds,"  by  a 
select  choir,  the  president  introduced  Rev.  A.  L.  Stone,  who 
delivered  the  address.  A  poem,  written  for  the  occasion  by 
Miss  H.  Satterlee,  was  then  read  by  Mr.  Percy.  The  singing 
of  the  doxology  closed  these  very  interesting  exercises. 

Dedication  exercises  were  held  in  the  new  hall  on  the 
e\ening  of  November  16,  1869,  when  a  complete  report  of 
the  enterprise  from  its  inception  was  given  by  the  chairman 
of  the  Building  Committee,  after  which  the  dedicatory 
address  was  delivered  by  Rev.  James  Eells,  D.  D.  and  the 
long-desired  building  was  duly  opened  to  the  young  men  of 
San  PVancisco.  I  his  building,  with  slight  changes  to  meet 
increased  membership,  served  the  purposes  of  the  Association 
twenty-five  years,  with  marked  success  in  its  later  manage- 
ment. But  the  city  of  50,000  in  1853  had  increased  to 
360,000  in  1893,  '^"^^  *^he  young  men  came  to  learn  of  the 
superior  advantages  offered  by  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  aboxe  an\-  other  institution  in  this  city  tor  their 
moral,  intellectual  antl  physical  culture  and  tlexclopment,  so 


Laying  Corner- 
stone of  Sutter 
St.  Building 


Sutter  St. 

Building 

Opened 


Property  Paid 


I  8  FIVE  DIXWDES. 

that   even    these    rooms,    ample    as    they    were,    became    too 
crowded  for  comfort. 
Visit  of  1'^  fli^"  winter  of   1 8 80-81,  Messrs.  D.  L.  Moociy  and 

Moody  and  \x;\  D.  Sankey  \isited  San  Francisco,  and  engaged  in  a  six 
■^  months'  evangehstic  work.  The  Association  cause  at  that 
time  was  at  a  low  ebb,  and  a  mortgage  of  $84,000  was 
resting  on  the  property,  which  crippled  its  efforts.  Bv  the 
liberality  of  interested  friends  in  San  Francisco,  different  parts 
of  California  and  the  country,  this  mortgage  was  cancelled 
Mortgage  on  through  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Moody  and  Mr.  Thomas  K.  Cree, 
Sutter  St. ^  the  latter  of  the  International  Committee  at  New  York  City, 
and  the  building  was  given  back  to  the  work  unencumbered. 
A  trained  secretary  from  the  East  was  secured,  and  the  work 
reorganized  on  an  entirely  new  basis;  since  which  time  it  has 
enjoyed  markeci  prosperity  in  all  departments  of  its  work, 
and  through  its  influence  branches  have  been  established  in 
this  city  and  throughout  the  State.  Early  in  1881,  the 
institution  was  reincorporated.  Mr.  A.  B.  Forbes  was  elected 
president  of  the  Association  April  6,  1881,  and  served  until 
October,  1883.  On  his  resignation  as  president,  he  ac- 
cepted the  chairmanship  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Association,  which  position  he  held  until  the  time  of  his  cieath, 
December  7,  1902.  Mr.  George  W.  Gibbs  was  elected 
president  October  18,  1883,  as  Mr.  Forbes'  successor,  and 
served  in  that  capacity  with  great  acceptance  for  nearly  ten 
consecutive  years.  Judge  E.  D.  Sawyer  was  elected  January 
I,  1 88  I,  as  attorney  for  the  Association,  and  served  until  his 
death,  a  period  of  nearly  twenty-three  years,  gi\'ing  his 
services  to  the  Association,  thus  saving  the  institution 
hundreds  of  dollars,  besides  rendering  \'aluable  aid  to  the 
management.  These  gentlemen  and  their  associates  have 
given  character  and  standing  to  the  work,  and  they  have  had 
the  support  and  co-operation  of  many  of  our  first  business 


BRIGHT  AN!)  DARK  DAYS. 


19 


men.  Were  it  not  for  the  influence  and  endorsement  of  such 
men,  we  doubt  if  the  Association  of  San  Prancisco  would  ever 
have  reached  the  place  it  holds  at  present  In  the  communltv. 


mm 


DAYS    OF    DEVELOPMENT. 


CHAPTER    IV. 


State 

Organization 

Effected 


Organization 

of  Arms  and 

Other 

Departments 


|R.  Henry  James  McCoy  arrived  from  Lowell, 
Mass.,  on  August  5,  1881,  and  at  once  assumed 
the  duties  of  general  secretary.  After  getting 
a  grip  on  the  local  conditions,  his  first  thought 


was  for  the  extension  of  the  work  to  other  large  cities 
of  the  Coast.  Accordingly,  a  State  organization  was 
effected  and  active  steps  taken  towards  perfecting  the  existing 
organizations  and  founding  new  ones.  The  work  for  college 
men  was  organized,  and  in  1883  a  German  department;  in 
1884,  a  department  for  deaf  mutes;  in  1887,  the  Twen- 
tieth Street  Branch,  and  later,  in  1891,  the  Park  Branch  for 
street  railway  employees.  An  army  department  was  inaugu- 
rated in  1898  at  the  opening  of  the  Spanish-American  War 
and  maintained  by  the  State  Association  until  1903  when  it 
became  a  department  of  the  local  Association.  Our 
organization  was  the  first  to  begin  work  among  the 
volunteers  and  regular  troops  of  the  United  States  army 
mobilizing  in  San  Francisco,  maintaining  at  one  time  fifteen 
tents.  It  was  instrumental  in  sending  the  first  army  secre- 
taries out  of  the  country  with  the  army  of  occupation. 
Messrs.  F.  A.  Jackson  and  Charles  A.  Glunz  assistant 
secretaries  at  San  Francisco  and  Oakland,  respectively, 
sailed  on  the  transport  City  of  Para,  June  27,  1898, 
and  served  two  years  in  the  Philippines.  The  success  of  their 
work  and  the  appreciation  and  commendation  of  it  from 
ofi'icers  in  high  rank  as  well  as  from  the  men  themselves  is 
history  of  which  any  organization  might  be  justly  proud. 
Our  secretaries  held  the  first  public  protestant  religious  service 


A.  B.  FORBES, 
April,  1881-Oct.,  ISSi. 


^^ 


GEO.  W.  GIBBS, 
Oct.,  1883-94  inc. 


J.J.  V.M.KN  i  l.NE 
1895-99  inc. 


PHOTOGRAPHS  UNOBTAINABLE : 

1857-58.     HENRY  J.  WELLS. 

1858-59.    JAMES  A.  BANKS. 

1872-73.     E.  A.  LAWRENCE. 


PRESIDENTS 


RE\'.  \V.  C.  rOND,  D.   I)., 
Will)  (lelivered  the  prayer  at  '.lie  first  animal  nieelins;. 


\V.   I..   IKNINL, 

Member  continuously  trom  July,  1S69  until  his  death, 

May,  1903. 


DAYS  OV   I)1.\'1.L()1'MI.\  1  .  23 

in  the  archi})cla^().  Some  ot  these  departments  exist  today 
as  then  organized,  and  others  were  absorbed  into  the  parent 
Association. 

Under  the  enthusiastic  leadership  of  General  Secretary  T/ie  New 
McCoy,  the  quarters  on  Sutter  Street  soon  became  inadequate  "'  '"^ 
for  the  purposes  of  the  Association,  and  accordingly  on 
November  22,  18S6,  a  committee  with  Mr.  Robert  Baltour 
as  chairman  was  appointeti  to  take  into  consideration  a 
new  building  project,  and  if  possible  to  secure  a  centrally 
located  lot,  to  report  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  a 
subsequent  meeting;  but  the  location  of  the  lot  was  not 
permanently  decided  until  April,  1889,  when  a  desirable 
site,  137)2  f^ct  on  Ellis  Street,  by  187 J/  feet  on  Mason 
Street,  was  purchased  for  the  Association  by  Messrs.  George 
W.  Gibbs,  Balfour,  Guthrie  &  Co.,  and  Captain  Charles 
Goodall.  These  gentlemen  paid  $145,000  for  the  lot, 
assuming  the  existing  mortgage  of  $45,000.  They  advanced 
the  remaining  $100,000  for  the  Association  without  interest 
for  five  years,  besides  giving  outright  amounts  aggregating 
$75,000.  The  lot  has  greatly  increased  in  value  since  the 
purchase,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  best  sites  for  such  a 
building  in  the  city.  The  entire  lot  being  larger  than  the 
Association  needed  for  its  purposes,  it  was  decided  to  sell 
fifty  feet  on  Ellis  Street  by  1373/2  feet,  leaving  for  the  new  Gift  0/ 
building  the  corner  87^  feet  on  Ellis  Street  by  187^^  feet  Sso,ooo 
on  Mason  Street.  With  the  amount  thus  secured  and  with 
a  gift  from  Mr.  George  W.  Gibbs  of  $50,000,  other  large 
donations  in  hand,  and  the  Sutter  Street  propertv  valued  at 
$150,000,  it  was  decided  to  begin  the  building  of  the  new 
home.  Accordingly,  on  March  i  i,  1893,  ground  was  broken 
with  appropriate  ceremonv  and  the  building  begun.  The 
cornerstone  was  laid  Saturday,  August  ;;,   1893. 

I  his  was  a  da\  long  to  be  remembered  in  the  historv  of 


24  FIVE  Di:C.\DES, 

Laying  of    the  San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  as  the 

f  F/r-     d     cornerstone  of  the  elegant  new  building  in  process  of  erection 

Mason  Sts.     at  the  northeast  corner  of  Ellis  and  Mason  Streets  was  put  in 

Budding     place  by  our  honored  president,   the  late   Mr.   George  W. 

Gibbs.      The  committee   of   arrangements   for  the  occasion 

was  Messrs.  J.  J.  Valentine,  Samuel  Foster  and  J.  J.  Pfister, 

of  the  Board  of  Directors. 

Invitations  were  issued  to  officers,  ex-presidents,  con- 
tributors, city  and  State  officials,  clergymen,  members  and 
their  friends,  and  nearly  two  thousand  seats  were  provided. 
Special  reserved  checks  were  issued,  and  fully  an  hour  before 
the  exercises  commenced  every  chair  was  occupied  and  an 
innumerable  crowd  of  people  stood  throughout  the  entire 
ceremonies.  It  was  in  all  probability  the  largest  religious 
demonstration  which  had  been  witnessed  in  San  Francisco 
for  many  years.  The  Boys'  Brigade,  under  command  of 
Capt.  M.  S.  Woodhams,  of  the  State  University,  Class  of  '88, 
did  escort  duty.  Those  who  participated  in  the  program 
and  the  specially  invited  guests  were  received  at  the  court 
of  the  Palace  Hotel,  and  the  companies  of  the  brigade 
formed  on  New  Montgomery  Street,  there  being  between  six 
and  seven  hundred  boys  and  young  men  in  line,  something 
over  two  hundred  coming  from  Oakland  and  Alameda.  The 
Southern  Pacific  Company  transported  the  brigade,  coming 
from  Alameda  County,  free  of  expense. 

The  following  gentlemen  occupied  carriages:  Mr.  J.  J. 
Valentine,  Mr.  George  W.  Gibbs,  Bishop  Nichols,  the 
Cjcneral  Secretary,  Mr.  J.  J.  Pfister,  Mr.  S.  Foster,  Rev. 
C.  O.  Brown,  1).  D.,  Rev.  E.  R.  Dille,  D.  D.,  Rev.  R. 
Mackenzie,  1).  I).,  judge  E.  D.  Sawyer,  Mr.  W.  M.  Cubery, 
Mr.  George  \  .  Hawley,  Mr.  A.  H.  Phelps,  Mr.  Harr\^ 
Hillard,  Mr.  C.  W.  Janes,  and  Mr.  John  L.  Speares.  At 
twenty   minutes    past    two    the    procession    started,    and    the 


DAYS  OF   DEVELOPMKXT.  25 

brigade,  under  the  command  of  Captain  Woodhams,  headed 
by  a  squad  of  police  under  command  of  Serj^eant  Fred  Brown, 
took  up  the  line  of  march  as  follows:  across  Market  Street 
to  Montgomery  Street,  down  Montgomery  to  Bush  Street, 
up  Bush  Street,  down  Kearny  to  Sutter  Street,  passing  the 
old  building  on  Sutter  to  Grant  Avenue,  down  Grant  Avenue 
to  Market  Street,  up  Market  Street  to  Ellis  Street,  and  up 
Ellis  to  Mason,  where  the  guests  were  received  bv  the  Com- 
mittee on  Reception,  comprised  of  Mr.  A.  W  Chipron, 
chairman,  assisted  by  Messrs.  C.  \V.  Moulthrop,  W.  F\ 
Lybarger,  H.  S.  Blackwell,  C.  A.  Maydwell,  J.  Walker 
Ames,  C.  H.  Johnson,  George  A.  Mullin,  F.  W.  Godtfring, 
and  Douglas  H.  Cornell. 

The  late  Mr.  J.  J.  \'alentine,  president  of  Wells,  Fargo 
&:  Co.,  and  first  vice-president  of  the  Association,  was  officer 
of  the  day.  An  extensive  platform  had  been  erected  by 
Messrs.  Mahony  Bros.,  builders,  on  which  some  eight 
hundred  chairs  were  placed;  in  the  center  of  this  platform 
seats  were  reserved  for  the  speakers  and  a  double  male  quartet 
under  the  direction  of  Mr.  J.  J.  Morris. 

Souvenir  programs  which  had  been  arranged  with  half- 
tone cuts  of  the  cornerstone  and  of  the  new  building,  were 
distributed  among  the  great  throng  of  people. 

After  the  Boys'  Brigade  had  been  furnished  seats,  Mr. 
J.  J.  Valentine  was  introduced  by  Mr.  H.  J.  McCoy,  general 
secretary,  as  officer  of  the  day,  and  as  Mr.  \'alentine  stepped 
to  the  front  of  the  platform  he  was;  recei\-ed  with  great 
applause,  and  spoke  as  follows: 

Ladies  and  Gentlemen:  We  have,  as  you  are  all 
aware,  met  here  today  for  the  purpose  of  laying  with  appro- 
priate ceremonies  the  cornerstone  of  the  new  building  —  the 
home  that  is  to  be  —  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion ol   San  Francisco.     Upon  such  an  occasion  it  might  not 


2  6  .    FIVE  DECADES. 

be  inappropriate,  and  possibly  would  be  acceptable  for  your 
chairman  to  review  in  brief  what  Christianity  has  done  in 
general  for  mankind,  in  improving  and  ameliorating  the 
conditions  of  the  life  that  now  is,  and  the  rise  and  progress 
of  the  organization  known  as  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  particularly,  and  its  representation  in  this  city 
especially;  but  there  are  those  present  to  speak  better  fitted 
for  such  a  duty  than  myself.  I  will  therefore,  with  your 
permission,  confine  myself  to  the  routine  duties  of  my  posi- 
tion. 

The   audience   was  then    requested   to   join   in   singing 
"  Duke  Street." 

O  Lord  of  Hosts,  whose  glory  fills 
The  bounds  of  the  eternal  hills, 
And  yet  vouchsafes  in  Christian  lands, 
To  dwell  in  temples  made  with  hands. 
The  Scripture  lesson,  I  Corinthians,  iii:9-i6,  was  read 
by  Rev.   E.   R.   Dille,   D.   D.,   followed  by  a  most  earnest 
prayer  by  Rev.   Robert  Mackenzie,   D.   D.,  then  pastor  of 
First  Presbyterian  Church.     The  double  quartet  than  sang 
"  Still,  Still  With  Thee,"  and  the  hymn, 

Behold  the  sure  foundation  stone, 

Which    God    in   Zion    lays. 
To  build  our  heavenly  hopes  upon, 
And  his  eternal  praise, 
was  sung  to  the  tune  of  "Azmon  "  by  the  audience. 

The  list  of  articles  to  be  placed  in  the  cornerstone  was 
then  read  by  Mr.  Valentine : 

Copy   of   Holy   Bible   with   cornerstone   text   marked: 
"  The  foundation  of  God  standeth  sure."     II  Timothy,  ii  :i9. 
List  of  members  and  office  bearers  of  the  San  Francisco 
Association  and  Branches. 

List  of  employees  of  Association  and  Branches. 


^ 

.).. 


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H.  L.  LEFFINGWELL 

1854-55. 


L.  V.  FISHER, 

1855-57. 


H.  F.  \V.  HOFFMAN 

1858-59. 


J.  T.  BOWERS, 

1861-62. 


ELIJAH  CLOUGH, 

1864-65 


JOHN  DUNN, 

1865-66. 


R.  J.  TRUMIUI.L 
1S66-67. 


JA.MES  WOODVVURTH, 
1867-68. 


W.  O.  ANDREWS 

1869-70. 


LIBRARIANS 


DAYS  uY  di:vi:lopmi:\i\  29 

List  of  Ladies'  Central  Committees,  Association  aiiJ 
Branches. 

List  of  clergy  of  San  Francisco. 

List  of  ex-presidents  of  San  Irancisco  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association. 

Copy  of  minutes  of  first  New  Building  Committee 
meeting. 

Book  of  plans  of  the  San  Francisco  New  Association 
Building. 

Program,    breaking    of    ground    exercises,    March    11, 

1893- 

P'ortieth  Annual   Report,  San  Francisco  Young  Men's 

Christian  Association. 

This  Year's  Privileges,  San  Francisco  Young  Men's 
Christian  i\ssociation.      (Prospectus,   1893.) 

"  For  Ten  Thousand  Young  Men,"  San  Francisco 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  (Plans  of  the  New 
Building.) 

Library'  catalogue,  San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association. 

J'welfth  Year  Book,  1892,  California  State  Association. 

Proceedings  of  Thirtieth  International  Convention 
Young  Men's  Christian  Associations,  held  in  Indianapolis, 
Ind.,  May  10-14,   1893. 

International  Association  Year  Book,  1893. 

Sample  Membership  Ticket  No.  B  2743,  and  Member- 
ship Application  Form. 

Copies  of  "Messengers"  (San  Francisco  Association 
monthly  paper) ,  having  articles  relating  to  the  New  Build- 
ing: October,  1891;  January,  1892;  January,  1893;  April, 
1893;    ^^ay,  1893;  June,   1893;   J"ly»  1893. 

Program,  Elocutionary  Prize  Contest,   April   6,    1893. 

Thanksgi\ing  Dinner  to  Young  Men,  1892,  San  Fran- 
cisco Association.     Menu  and  program. 


30  FIVE  DECADES. 

lin'itatloii  to  the  exercises  ol  the  d;iy. 

Program  of  the   day's   exercises,    Saturday,   August   5, 

Gerniau  Branch:  lenth  Annual  Report,  1 883-1893; 
Manual.  1S92-1893;  "  Monatshche  Rundshau "  (German 
Branch  monthly  paper) ,  June,  1892;    February,   1893. 

Twentieth  Street  Branch:  "The  All-Round,"  August, 
1893.     (Twentieth  Street  Branch  monthly  paper.) 

Bi-Annual  Report,  Santa  Clara  County,  California. 

Cards:  A.  Page  Brown,  architect;  Mahony  Brothers, 
builders. 

Daily  newspapers,  San  Francisco,  Cal. :  Chronicle, 
March  i,  1893;  March  12,  1893;  May  2,  1893;  World's 
Fair  edition,  1893;   August  5,  1893. 

Ccill:  March  i,  1893;  March  11,  1893;  March  12, 
1893;   World's  Fair  edition,  1893;   August  5,  1893. 

Examiner:  March  12,  1893;  World's  F^air  edition, 
1893;    August  5,   1893. 

EvcnuifT  Bulletin:     August  5,  1893. 

Daily  Re  par  I:     August  5,   1893. 

Ezen ing  Post:     /\u gu st  5 ,  1893. 

Reports  Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  in  foreign 
lands. 

Boys'  Brigade  Bulletins:  March  17,  1893;  special 
edition  March,  1893;  June,  1893;  July,  1893. 

Religious  papers:  Pacific  Efideavorer,  August  2,  1893; 
Pacific  Methodist  .Advocate,  August  3,  1893  ;  Pacific  Ensign, 
August  3,  1893;  California  Christian  Advocate,  August  2, 
1893  ;  Occident,  August  3,  i  893  ;  JPar  Cry,  August  5,  1893  ; 
Harbinger,  August  5,  1893;  ^^^^(^  Pacific,  August  2,  1893; 
Pacific  Baptist,  August  3,  1893;  Pacific  Churchman,  August, 
1893. 

Columbian  stamps:  $1,  50c,  30c,  15c,  loc,  8c,  6c,  i;c, 
4c,  3c,  2C,  ic. 


PAYS  or  nr.\'i:i,oPMr.N"r. 


31 


United  States  silver  coin  :     $1,  5<jc,  25c,  kjc. 

At  this  point  Mr.  George  \V.  (iibbs  placed  the  corner- 
stone, using  a  solid  sih'er  trowel,  which  was  presented  to  him 
by  Messrs.  Mahony  Brothers,  builders.  The  building  as  it 
will  appear  when  completed  was  engra\ed  on  the  trowel,  with 


Siher  Trowel  L'sed  al  La\  ing  of  Coiner  Stone. 


the  cornerstone  text.  On  the  reverse  side  the  following 
inscription:  "Presented  to  George  W.  Gibbs,  president  of 
the  San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  on  the 
occasion  of  the  laving  the  cornerstone  of  the  building,  August 
5,  1893." 

As  soon  as  the  box  was  sealed  up  Mr.  Gibbs  stepped  to 
the  base  of  the  stone.  1  wo  boys  from  the  Boys'  Brigade 
stood  on  either  side  of  the  stone  as  sentinels.  The  Oakland 
Brigade  Band  played  a  lively  air,  and  Mr.  Gibbs  in  placing 
the  stone  said:  "  1  place  this  cornerstone  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost.  Amen." 
And  the  great  cro\\tl  spontaneouslv  sang,  "  Praise  God  From 
Whom  All  Blessings  Flow." 

Addresses  were  delivered  by  Hon.  W.  S.  Barnes  and  the 
Right  Reverend  William  Ford  Nichols,  D.  D.,  Episcopal 
Bishop  of  California.     At  the  close  ol   these  addresses,  the 


Service  in 
the  New 


32  FIVE  DECADES. 

doxology  was  sung  and  the  exceedingly  interesting  service 
brought  to  a  close  by  the  benediction  by  the  Rev.  C.  O. 
Brown,  D.  D.,  the  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church. 
The  building  was  completed  and  formally  opened  on  Sep- 
tember 9,  1894. 
First  The  first  service,  which  was  by  private  invitation,  was 

held  in  the  Covenant  Room  at  9  :oo  o'clock,  conducted  by  the 
Building  general  secretary,  who  read  the  first  ten  verses  of  Genesis 
X\'II  and  Psalm  XXIV  as  the  Scripture  lesson,  and  com- 
mented on  God's  Covenant  with  Abraham,  and  what  we 
might  expect  if  faithful  to  God.  The  room  was  crowded, 
and  the  formal  dedicatory  services  of  the  Covenant  Room 
were  carried  out.  Prayers  were  offered  by  Mr.  L.  Wilbur 
Messer,  general  secretary  of  the  Chicago  Association,  H.  C. 
French,  M.  D.,  Rev.  E.  B.  Stewart,  Mr.  John  L.  Speares, 
state  secretary  of  California,  and  others.  The  service  in 
the  Covenant  Room  continued  just  half  an  hour. 

At  9  :30  A.  M.  the  first  Fellowship  meeting  in  the  Lecture 
Hall  was  conducted  by  Mr.  Messer.  The  service  was  well 
attended  by  young  men  and  was  most  impressive. 

At  3  p.  M.  a  grand  mass  meeting  of  young  men  was  held 
in  the  Auditorium,  addressed  by  Mr.  L.  Wilbur  Messer,  and 
Mr.  J.  A.  Dummett,  of  Portland,  Oregon.  The  first  hymn 
in  the  Auditorium  was,  by  special  request  of  the  Board  of 
Directors,  "Throw  Out  the  Life-Line,"  sung  by  Mr.  J.  J. 
Morris,  the  congregation  joining  in  the  chorus.  The  song 
was  most  inspiring.  The  Scripture  lesson  was  read  by  Mr. 
John  L.  Speares,  and  prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  D.  Hanson 
Irwin,  then  pastor  St.  John's  Presbyterian  Church.  A  duet 
entitled  "There's  Hope  Beyond"  was  then  sung  by  Messrs. 
F.  M.  Coffin  and  C.  L.  Parent,  Jr.  The  Young  Men's 
Choral  Union,  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  P.  A.  R.  Dow, 
also  sang  two  selections. 


C.  A.  MAYDVVELL. 
Recording  Secretary  Board  of  Directors. 


ROLLA  V.  WATT. 

President,  Director  and  Trustee 

Elected  190u. 


B.  C.  WRIGHT, 
Secretary  Board  of  Trustees. 


EDWARD  COLEMAN, 

Chairman  Board  of  Trustees. 

Director  and  Trustee. 


PRESENT  OFFICERS 


DAYS  or   Dl.VLLUi'MLNl". 


35 


At  5  130  p.  M.,  the  Auditorium  was  crowded  by  members 
of  the  Young  People's  Societies  of  the  city,  Mr.  C.  A.  Mayd- 
well  presiding.  Miss  Susie  Hert  sang  a  solo,  "The  I  loly 
City."  The  Young  Men's  Choral  L  nion  also  sang  several 
selections,  and  there  were  addresses  by  Mr.  John  L.  Speares, 
Mr.  L.  Wilbur  Messer,  and  Mr.  \V.  D.  Ball,  general  secre- 
tary of  the  Los  Angeles  Association,  thus  closing  the  first 
Sunday  in  the  new  building. 

As  Sunday,  September  9th,  was  Admission  Day,  Mon- 
day, the  loth,  was  observed  throughout  the  city  and  State 
as  a  legal  holiday,  and  the  stars  and  stripes  were  hoisted  on 
the  building  at  9  A.  M.  by  Miss  Fannie  E.  Crowell,  stenogra- 
pher of  the  Association.  From  lu  to  12,  general  inspection 
of  the  building,  and  orchestral  music  was  furnished  through- 
out the  day.  From  i  :30  to  3,  general  reception  of  guests  in 
the  parlors  by  the  officers  of  the  Association,  Mr.  J.  J.  N'alen- 
tine,  first  vice-president  of  the  Association,  presiding  in  the 
absence  of  the  president,  Mr.  George  W.  Gibbs,  who  was 
detained  by  illness. 

At  3  P.  M.  opening  exercises  proper  were  held  in  the 
Auditorium,  which  was  filled  to  its  utmost.  The  meeting  was 
opened  with  singing  the  following  hymn,  written  for  the 
occasion  bv  the  late  H.  C.  French,  NF  D. 


Original 
Poem  by 
H.   C.   French, 
M.  D. 


36  FIVE  DECADES. 

A    CONSECRATION    HYMN. 

"  Except  the  Lord  build  the  House,  they  hibor  in  vain 
that  build  it."     Ps.  cxxvii:i.    Tune:  "America. 

I. 

O  God  !    our  offering 

With  grateful  hearts  we  bring, 

And  glad  acclaim : 
This  house  we  've  reared  to  Thee, 
Thy  dwelling-place  to  be. 
Through  all  futurity  — 

Here  live  Thy  name. 

II. 

As  these  proud  columns  rise. 
In  beauty  to  the  skies  — 

A  temple  fair: 
So,  Heavenly  Father,  we. 
Our  hearts  Avould  lift  to  Thee, 
Till  every  throb  shall  be, 

A  voice  of  prayer. 

III. 

O  Holy  Spirit,  here. 
Ever  in  power  appear  — 

With  us  abide : 
Convicting  souls  of  sin. 
Lost  ones  from  death  to  win. 
Teaching  all  hope  is  in 

The  "  Crucified." 


PAYS  OF  DF.vi:i.ni'Mi:N"r.  37 

Our  vouth  with  hca\cnly  lire, 
Aiul  h()l\   /.eal  inspire  — 

In  Cjod  to  stand : 
Walking  the  Master's  way, 
Being  what  He  shall  say, 
Proving  through  darkest  day 

A  loNal  band. 

V. 

Unseen  by  human   eyes, 
Here,  may  there  hourly  rise, 

Immortal   fanes: 
Houses  by  hands  not  made, 
Life-domes  beneath  whose  shade, 
God  hath  His  dwelling  made. 

And  Jesus  reii2;ns. 

The  Scripture  lesson  was  then  read  by  Rev.  F.  B.  Pullan, 
at  that  time  pastor  of  Third  Congregational  Church, 
followed  by  the  opening  prayer  by  Rev.  \V.  C.  Pond,  I).  D., 
pastor  of  Bethany  Congregational  Church.  Mr.  J.  J.  \alen- 
tinc.  Chairman  of  the  Special  Committee  on  Opening  the 
Pniilding,  and  [^residing  officer  of  the  day,  delixcred  the  fol- 
lowing address: 

Ladies   and   Gentlemen:      The    honor   of   presiding   as      jjjress  of 
chairman  over  this  meeting  at  the  inauguration  of  the  new      J-  J-  I  'uentine 
home  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  ot  this  city 
has  been  conferred  upon  mc  by  my  associates,  and,   in  dis- 
charge of  my  duties  as  such,  it  dcNohes  upon  me  to  make  a 
few  remarks. 

The  original  founding  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian 
Association  by  Mr.  George  \Villiams  in  England  fifty  years 


.304772 


38  FIVE  DECADES. 

ao;(),  the  growth  and  de\clopment  of  the  movement  in  general, 
and  its  Jubilee  celebration  in  London  this  year,  were  referred 
to  by  me  in  our  forty-first  anniversary,  held  at  Metropolitan 
Hall,  on  the  i  ^th  of  Januaiy  last.  Upon  the  present  auspi- 
cious occasion,  congratulations  are  in  order. 

An  inspiration,  kindled  years  ago  in  the  hearts  of  the 
officers  and  promoters  of  the  San  Francisco  establishment  of 
this  beneficent  organization,  which,  ever  cherished  by  them, 
warmed  their  hearts  for  preserving  earnest  endeavor,  has  at 
length  been  realized,  and  today  we  are  met,  for  the  first  time 
beneath  this  spacious  roof  and  within  these  sheltering  walls, 
to  present  them  for  the  object  for  which  they  were  designed, — 
a  home  for  the  practical  development  of  Christian  fellowship, 
co-operation,  and  enlightened  progress. 

A  result  like  this  is  not  to  be  regarded  as  having  been 
brought  about  merely  by  the  devotion,  foresight  and  enter- 
prise of  the  men  presiding  over  the  affairs  of  the  Association, 
The  will  of  Providence  is  to  be  recognized  as  having  here 
visibly  exerted  itself  and  accomplished  its  benign  purposes; 
His  spirit,  as  having  inspired  the  thought,  sanctified  the  means, 
and  directed  the  skill  and  labor  that  reared  this  noble 
edifice, —  "Except  the  Lord  build  the  house,  they  labor  in 
vain  that  build  it."  The  warm  sympathy,  kindly  Interest, 
and  material  aid  of  an  appreciative  public  must  also  be 
acknowledged  as  a  prime  factor  in  this  achievement,  to  give 
these  exercises  their  complete  significance. 

We  are  here  to  rejoice  in  our  splendid  possession,  and 
to  thank  the  Giver  of  every  good  and  perfect  gift,  and  His 
manifest  agencies,  for  the  rich  provisions  we  are  now  enabled 
to  offer  to  the  members  of  this  Association,  for  their  comfort, 
convenience  and  spiritual  advantage. 

I  leave  others  to  particularize  the  various  features  of  this 
new  building,  which  conduce  to  those  ends  in  a  way  very  much 


I.  J.  TRUMAN, 
Director  and  Trustee. 


C.  \V.  PIKE, 
Director  and  Trustee. 


C.  S.  WRIGHT. 

Director  and  Trustee. 


ROBERT  BRUCE, 
Director  and  Trustee 


HARTLAND  LAW,  M.  D., 

Trustee; 

Chairman  Finance  Committee. 


W.\I.  H.  CROCKER, 
Director  and  Trustee. 


C.  B.  PERKINS, 
Director. 


THOMAS  HODGE, 
Director. 


A.   I'.   BI.ACK, 
Director. 


PRESENT  OFFICERS 


DAYS  OF   niAT.I.ni'MF.NT.  4  I 

superior  to  an\  \vc  ha\c  hitherto  enjoyed,  and  will  re\ert  hut 
for  a  moment  to  the  special  purposes  to  which  it  w  ill  now  be 
dev'oted. 

The  foundation  of  permanent  prosperit\-  tor  any  i)eop]e 
is  laiti  in  principles  essentially  Christian, — "in  a  hi^h  stand- 
ard of  moral  worth,  in  commercial  intej^rity,  in  public  spirit, 
in  simple  habits  of  uprightness,  and  of  a  certain  soundness 
and  moderation  of  judgment  which  spring  more  from 
character  than  intellect."  It  is  only  these  qualities  that  really 
make  life  worth  the  li\ing,  howexer  so-called  success  on  other 
lines  may  dazzle  or  bewilder. 

Lord  Bacon  lays  down  the  proposition,  that  "when 
things  are  not  made  better  by  intelligent  design,  they  are 
liable  to  grow  worse  spontaneously."  This  certainly  applies 
with  particular  force  to  the  march  ot  the  human  race,  which, 
if  not  forward,  must  be  in  a  contrary  direction.  It  is  the 
purpose  of  this  organization  to  inculcate  an  intelligent  design 
and  worthy  motiye,  especially  in  the  minds  of  the  young 
and  inexperienced,  by  directing  their  thoughts  upwards,  and 
leading  them  onward  In  safe,  pleasant  and  attractiye  ways, 
to  give  proof  to  the  world  of  the  practicability  of  Christian 
faith  and  the  possibility  of  attaining  thereby  the  highest 
ideals  of  right  living,  and  of  enduring  prosperity  and  happi- 
ness. Our  work  is  to  gi\e  effect  to  an  earnest,  every-day, 
living  Christianity,  to  the  fatherhood  of  God  and  the  brother- 
hood of  man,  not  only  as  a  brotherhood  of  man  with  man,  but 
of  Christ  and  humanity;  for  our  Lord  and  Sa\iour  Himself 
is  authoritatively  declared  to  be  "our  elder  brother." 

He  who  hath  said,  "  Lo,  I  am  with  you  always," 
The  wayworn  man  who  sat  by  Galilee, 

Speaking  good  words  and  healing  all  the  people, — 
Who  lived  and  died  for  lo\e  of  you  and  me. 

And  we  invite  our  membership  to  enjoy  to  the  utmost 


42  FI\'I';  DECADES. 

In  this  house  the  pnxileges  of  this  fraternal  rehition;  its 
incentix'es,  and  its  aids  to  maintain  throughout  their  lives 
a  healthy  spirit  of  manhood  and  morality,  and  to  keep  from 
being  overcome  by  temptation. 

The  friendless  youth,  struggling  along  in  the  world 
alone,  and  waging  the  battle  of  life  unsupported  by  moral  aid 
and  sympathy,  labors  under  serious  disadvantages,  and  is 
exposed  to  constant  danger.  The  enemy  of  souls  is  ever 
alert  to  pick  up  stragglers,  and  rarely  misses  an  opportunity. 
To  all  such  we  offer  a  rallying  point,  a  secure  place  of  refuge. 
"A  strong  fortress  is  our  God."  Within  these  consecrated 
walls  the  assaults  of  evil  may  be  thwarted,  the  sinking  spirits 
refreshed,  and  impulses  for  good  encouraged  and  promoted 
by  hearty  sympathy  and  help. 

The  foundation  of  our  house  rests  upon  a  sincere  belief 
in  the  efficacy  of  the  Christian  religion  to  relieve  the  ills  that 
afflict  society  and  eventually  effect  their  cure;  upon  Faith, 
Hope  and  Charity,  which  that  religion  enjoins  and  fosters. 
We  invite  all  young  men,  especially  those  who  are  removed 
from  the  restraints  and  protecting  influences  of  home,  to 
identify  themselves  with  the  good  work,  to  unite  with  us,  to 
enroll  under  the  banner  of  the  Cross,  and  firmly  take  their 
stand  in  the  ranks  of  those. 

Who,  being  evil,  are  for  good;   being  weak, 
Will  give  what  thews  they  own  for  righteousness; 
Will  lay  what  gifts  they  may  at  Love's  fair  feet. 
And  follow,  with  quick  steps  or  slow,  through  faults, 
7  hrough  failures,  through  discomfitures,  through  sin. 
The  march  of  that  majestic  King  whose  flag. 
Distant  and  dim,  they  hail,  and  with  true  hearts. 
Though  will  be  wilful  and  though  flesh  be  weak, 
Burn  to  obey. 
In  the  midst  of  our  fellow  workers  In  this  cause,  all  of 


DAYS  OF  ni:\'i:i.()i'Mi.N'T.  43 

whom  have  done  well,  I  trust  it  will  not  he  deemed  an  undue 
distinction  for  me  to  single  out  and  make  sjK-cial  reference  to 
one  gentleman,  to  whom  we  all  turn  with  warm  regard  and 
appreciation,  because  of  his  ready,  unseltish  and  noble  liberal- 
ity, especially  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  San  I'rancisco, — and  that  is  our 
esteemed  and  honored  president,  Mr.  (jeo.  W.  dibbs. 


G^o.  14^.  Gibbs 


After  a  presentation  of  the  financial  statement  by  the 
general  secretary,  a  letter  from  Mr.  Geo.  W.  Gibbs,  presi- 
dent, explaining  his  absence  was  read. 

Mr.  Gibbs's  address  was  read  by  Mr.  R.  \ .  Watt, 
second  vice-president. 

Mr.  Chairman,  Ladies  and  Gcnllcniot :  \\'e  have  con-  Address  of 
\ened  this  afternoon  to  publicly  open  and  set  apart  this  build- 
ing for  the  purposes  for  which  it  was  erected.  You  have 
already  listened  to  the  financial  statement  regarding  the 
enterprise,  and  it  is  not  necessary  that  I  should  enlarge  upon 
it,  other  than  to  second  what  has  been  stated, —  that  probably 
the  past  year  has  been  the  hardest,  financially,  of  any  which 
San  Francisco  has  ever  experienced.  Could  we  have  foreseen 
the  business  depression  just  upon  us  before  entering  into  the 
contracts  for  the  erection  of  this  building,  the  work  would, 
doubtless,  have  been  delayed.  As  a  committee,  we  have  been 
exceedingly  anxious  in  regard  to  the  payments  as  they  have 
fallen  due;  but  thus  far  they  have  all  been  met,  and  the 
building  is  completed,  and  we  are  gathered  today  in  one  of  the 
finest  structures  which  entertains  the  work  for  young  men  in 
any  citv  of  this  land. 

We  were  fortunate  in  securing  such  reliable  men  as 
Messrs.  Mahonv  Brothers  as  contractors,  for  se\eral  times 
we  were  obliged  to  defer  the  payments  beyond  the  stipulated 
date;    yet,  notwithstanding  this  fact,  the  work  has  gone  on 


44  FIVE  DECADES. 

uninterruptedly,  and  the  building  is  completed  three  months 
ahead  of  the  time  provided.  These  gentlemen  have  given  the 
committee  eminent  satisfaction  in  every  particular;  the  build- 
ing and  their  work  speak  volumes  for  their  efficiency  and 
good  judgment.  Moreover,  they  saved  to  the  Association 
nearly  $8,000  from  the  original  contract,  which  is  quite 
remarkable,  from  the  fact  that  as  a  general  thing  the  contract 
price  is  exceeded. 

Mr.  A.  Page  Brown  was  the  architect,  and  the  building, 
which  is  one  of  the  handsomest  and  most  imposing  in  our  city 
and  country,  is  an  honor  to  this  gentleman,  and  to  his 
mechanical  and  artistic  skill. 

The  blessing  of  God  has  attended  the  erection  of  the 
building,  and  there  has  not  been  a  single  accident  or  loss  of 
life  in  connection  with  its  construction. 

The  purpose  of  this  gathering  is  not  to  dedicate  the 
building,  for  that  ceremony  will  not  take  place  until  eveiy 
dollar  of  indebtedness  is  raised,  which  we  trust  will  be  in  the 
near  future.  We  can  not  conceive  of  a  more  important  work 
than  caring  for  the  morals  of  young  men,  and  providing  for 
them  that  which  is  helpful  in  opening  up  avenues  through 
which  they  may  pass  to  lives  of  sobriety  and  usefulness.  In 
my  opinion,  no  city  or  citizen  could  erect  a  better  or  more 
enduring  monument  than  to  provide  agencies  for  the  preser- 
vation and  upbuilding  of  the  youth.  ^Fhis  building  with  all 
its  attractions  is  none  too  ample  or  good  for  the  work  it  will 
entertain,  and  it  is  well  that  there  should  be  in  this  great  city 
at  least  one  place  open  day  and  night,  as  a  haven  of  refuge 
amid  the  unhallowed  influences  which  confront  and  surround 
young  men.  Here  they  are  built  up  mentally,  morally  and 
spiritually;  here  they  have  refining  and  elevating  influences; 
here  they  are  helped  to  make  the  most  of  their  opportunities, 
and  are  given  a  start  in  life. 


C.  S.  HOLMES, 
Director  and  Trustee. 


THOMAS  C.  CROTHERS, 
Trustee. 


K.  E.  KELLY,  M.  D. 
Director. 


J.  G.  LEVENSALER, 
Director 


L.  H.  CARV, 
Director. 


\V.  \V.  CHASE, 
Director. 


A.  S.  JOHiNSUN, 
Director. 


G.   I'..  McDOl  GALL. 
Director. 


PRESENT  OFFICERS 


DAYS  OF   1M.\  l.l.Ol'Ml.M  .  47 

We  call  upon  the  citizens  to  assist  in  raising  the  balance 
of  the  money  necessary  to  dedicate  this  building,  without  a 
cent  of  indebtedness,  to  the  work,  of  keeping  and  saving  young 
men;  and,  if  our  wealthy  and  well-to-do  citizens  could  realize 
the  importance  of  such  a  work,  and  be  led  to  embrace  the 
opportunity  offered  them  to  do  something  for  the  public  good 
while  they  live,  there  would  be  no  lack  in  the  necessary  means 
to  accomplish  the  tlesired  result.  The  hope  of  our  city  and 
State  is  in  our  young  men,  [)rcscnt  ami  tuturc,  and  wc  should 
give  of  our  means  as  God  has  prospered  us,  to  provide  institu- 
tions that  shall  touch  the  future,  and  aid  in  building  up  a 
constituency  in  our  city  which  shall  be  true  to  e\'ery  moral 
and  religious  principle.  It  affords  me  pleasure,  Mr.  Chair- 
man, to  present  to  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  San  P  rancisco 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  this  master  key,  which 
opens  every  room  in  the  building,  and  therewith  turn  the 
building  over  to  the  1  rustees  who  are  the  proper  custodians 
of  all  realty  owned  by  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
of  San  Francisco.  In  doing  this,  however,  I  ask,  as  Chair- 
man of  the  Building  Committee,  that  you  allow  us  to  continue 
our  work  as  a  committee  until  every  dollar  of  money  is  raised, 
and  we  shall  come  together  to  dedicate  the  building  of  the 
San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  to  the 
glory  and  praise  of  God. 

It  is  eminently  fitting  that  this  building  should  be  erected 
and  occupied  by  the  work  of  the  Association  in  1894,  as  it  is 
the  Jubilee  Year  in  the  historyof  the  Association.  The  Fiftieth 
Anniversary  of  the  inception  of  this  work  was  celebrated  in 
London,  last  June,  and  in  all  probability  brought  together  a 
larger  number  of  representative  Christian  business  men  from 
all  lands  than  any  other  religious  convention  ever  held  in  the 
history  of  the  church.  A  few  years  beyond  this  hour  manv 
of  us  will  cease  our  toils,  and  shall  render  an  account  of  our 


48  FIVE  DECADES. 

Stewardship  to  Him  in  Whose  Name  we  lahor.  We  shall  not 
pass  this  way  again,  and  what  we  can  do  tor  the  betterment 
of  our  fellowmen  let  us  do  now,  for  the  time  is  short. 

Mr.  A.  B.  Forbes,  Chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
then  delivered  the  following  address,  in  accepting  the  build- 
ing in  behalf  of  the  Trustees: 

Mr.  President,  Officers,  and  Friends  of  the  Young  Mens 

Address  of     Christian  Association:     It  is  a  pleasant  duty  incumbent  upon 
A.  B.  torbes 

me  this  afternoon,  to  accept    in    behalf    of    the    Board    of 

Trustees  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  San 

Francisco  this  temple,  which,  through  the  goodness  of  God, 

has  been  provided  by  liberal  hearts  for  the  blessed  work  of 

saving  voung  men.     If  I  understand  correctly,  the  object  of 

this  institution  is  not  reformatory,  but  preventive;  and  within 

the  walls  of  this  building  will  be  found  every  facility  for  the 

proper  prosecution  of  its  mission,  and  attractions  which  will 

win  young  men,  and  bring  them  under  the  influence  which  will 

always  be  helpful  and  elevating.    This  is  distinctly  a  religious 

organization,  and  all  work  undertaken  is  a  means  simply  to  an 

end, —  and  that  end  the  ultimate  salvation  of  young  men  from 

sin  and  its  consequences. 

Yet  we  are  organized  on  the  broad  spirit  of  catholicity, 
and  the  Association  in  its  associate  meiiibership  reaches  out  to 
young  men  who  consider  themselves  of  moral  character,  with- 
out distinction  as  to  nationality  or  religious  belief,  and  invites 
them  to  become  associate  members  of  this  organization  on  the 
same  condition  and  footing  as  active  members,  with  the 
exception  of  voting  and  holding  office  in  the  management  of 
its  affairs.  Too  much  stress  can  not  be  laid  upon  the  moral 
standing  of  young  men,  and  it  is  a  good  thing  to  impress  upon 
them  that  character  is  the  principal  element  of  success  in  life. 

I  have  no  doubt  but  the  desire  of  the  Building  Com- 
mittee will  be  fully  realized,  and  as  soon  as  our  citizens  under- 


DAYS  OF   1)1,\  l.LorMl.XT.  49 

Stand  our  ncctls  the  iiione\'  will  he  readily  forthcoming  to 
meet  all  demands,  and  our  hearts  made  to  rejoice,  as  we  come 
together  not  long  hence  to  dedicate  the  building  to  the  ser\'ice 
of  young  men  in  the  Master's'  name,  \\ithout  hnancial  hind- 
rance oi"  emhaiTassment. 

As  the  Boartl  ot  i  rustees  and  your  servants  in  this  par- 
ticular, it  will  be  our  chief  pleasure  to  keep  this  building 
sacred  forexer  tor  the  \\-ork  ot  \()ung  men.  than  which  there 
can  be  no  greater;  and  that  nothing  shall  defame  the  temple; 
here  only  that  which  Is  calculated  to  build  up  all-round  Chris- 
tian manhood  and  the  best  citizenship  will  be  undertaken. 
Xor  strife  nor  sectarian  discords  nor  political  ambitions  will 
tind  place  in  this  institution.  Here  we  meet  on  one  platform, 
and  realize  that  one  is  your  Master,  even  Christ,  and  all  ye 
are  brethren. 

We  most  sincerely  congratulate  the  committee  on  the 
success  attending  its  efforts,  and  the  San  PVancisco  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association  can  rightly  claim  today  the 
occupancy  of  one  of  the  tinest  Association  buildings  of  this 
or  any  other  land;  and  as  we  look  about,  it  seems  to  us  that 
nothing  has  been  left  out,  and  that  the  structure  is  complete 
in  every  detail;  and  that  all  that  a  young  man  needs  for  the 
betterment  of  his  condition  in  life  is  here  provided;  and  it 
will,  indeed,  be  harder  for  young  men  to  go  astray  in  the 
future,  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  this  building  is  today  opened 
and  set  apart  as  the  rallying  point  for  all  classes  of  young 
men  who  wish  to  be  in  every  sense  manly  fellows. 

This  building  is  grand  :\nd  e\tensi\e,  and  its  furnishings 
are  exceedingly  attractive;  yet,  in  our  opinion,  none  too  good 
for  the  work  it  entertains.  As  an  elevating  agency,  we  need 
to  provide  that  which  shall  help  young  men  as  they  enter  this 
buililing  to  realize  the  dignity  ot  the  institution,  and  the 
important    position    they    hold    as    its    indi\idual    members. 


50  FIVE  DECADES. 

There  is  an  air  of  respectability  about  the  appearance  of  the 
Association  which  must,  of  necessity,  make  a  profound  impres- 
sion upon  young  men,  and  lead  them  to  consider  the  import- 
ance of  a  well-spent  life. 

Miss  Anna  Miller  Wood  sang  very  sweetly  "  The  Better 
Land."  Following  this,  Rev.  E.  R.  Dille,  D.  D.,  was  intro- 
duced by  Mr.  Valentine,  and  delivered  the  address  of  the 
afternoon.  The  address  was  a  most  masterly  effort,  and  the 
telling  points,  as  the  doctor  brought  them  out,  were  repeatedly 
applauded  by  the  large  and  representative  audience.  The 
doxology  and  benediction  brought  these  opening  exercises, 
proper,  to  a  close. 

That  evening  at  8  o'clock,  Mr.  Monroe  Greenwood,  of 
the  Building  Committee,  called  to  order,  and  the  meeting 
was  opened  by  singing,  "  Bringing  in  the  Sheaves."  The 
Scripture  lesson  was  read  by  Rev.  D.  Hanson  Irwin;  prayer 
by  the  general  secretary;  a  solo,  "The  Angel's  Serenade," 
was  sung  by  Miss  Josephine  Sistermans.  A  most  earnest 
address  was  delivered  by  Mr.  Monroe  Greenwood,  chairman 
of  the  evening. 

Then  followed  most  eloquent  and  earnest  addresses  by 
Rev.  J.  Q.  A.  Henry,  pastor  of  First  Baptist  Church,  and  by 
Rev.  C.  O.  Brown,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church;  also  a  brief  and  interesting  address  by  Mr.  L.  Wil- 
bur Messer  of  Chicago. 

A  very  interesting  program  was  carried  out  through  the 
entire  week  closing  with  an  informal  reception  to  young  men 
on  Saturday  evening. 


HE    LAST    DECADi:  — DIDKAI  ION    ol      IHI-: 
BUILDING   BY    I>Ki:SIDHM     1  HEODORE 
ROOSEVEI/r. 


C  IIAPIKK  V. 


T 


HE  expectation  of  tlie   I'inance  Committee  that 
the   building   could   he   dedicated    upon   comple- 

io\ve\er,  not  to  be 
depression  of  1893- 
94  caused  a  large  shrinkage  in  the  assets  relied  upon  and  also 
decreased  the  value  of  the  real  estate  held  by  the  Association, 
so  that  on  entering  the  new  building  the  Association  found 
itself  facing  a  deficit  of  over  $200,000;  but  with  the  return- 
ing dawn  of  prosperity  the  committee  consisting  of  the  fol- 
lowing named  gentlemen,  Messrs.  R.  B.  Forman,  of  Balfour, 
Guthrie  &  Co.,  John  F.  Merrill,  Geo.  W.  Gibbs,  C.  R. 
Bishop,  Sanrl  Foster,  J.  J.  \'alentine  and  X.  P.  Cole,  set  itself 
to  work  to  raise  $100,000,  and  after  much  effort  succeeded. 
Later  the  Sutter  Street  property  was  sacrificed  for  $90,000, 
and  the  small  equitv  above  the  mortgage  which  had  been 
placed  upon  it  for  the  new  building,  was  applied  to  the  remain- 
ing indebtedness,  lea\ing  a  total  amount,  including  mortgage, 
note  and  accrued  interest  to  be  raised,  of  $1 15,000.  As  this 
was  not  a  severe  burden  in  view  of  the  income  produced  by  the 
property  and  the  liberality  of  friends,  the  matter  was  allowed 
to  rest  until  1902,  when  the  directors  decided  to  undertake 
to  liquidate  the  indebtedness.  After  nearly  a  year  of  cease- 
less labor  the  object  was  accomplished  and  the  building  was 

dedicated  to  God  and  the  young  men  of  San   Francisco  bv      D'UUijiticn  of 

■  ^  the  New 

President  Roosevelt,  absolutely  free  of  debt.  May   12.   1903.      Building 

President  Rolla  \'.  Watt,  who  took  such  a  deep  interest 


52 


FIVK  DECADES. 


in  the  camass,  presided  at  the  dedieatory  exercises  which 
were  brief,  simple  and  impressive.  The  hymn,  "How  Firm 
a  Foundation,"  was  sung,  followed  with  an  invocation  by 
Rev.  H.  H.  Bell,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the  First  United  Presby- 
terian Church;  Scripture  lesson:  Psalms  cxxvii,  first  \'erse; 
I  Kings,  ix:  1-2-3;  Rev.  Arthur  H.  Briggs,  D.  D.,  pastor 
Central  M.  E.  Church;  then  Rev.  F^-ederick  W.  Clampett, 
D.  D.,  rector  Trinity  Episcopal  Church,  delivered  the  fol- 
lowing brief  address: 


REW  FREDERICK  W.  CLAMPETT,  D.  D. 


Address  by  Mr.  Prt's'uloit ,  Ladies  and  Gcullcmrii :    The  honor  of 

Rev.  Dr.      dedicating  this  building  is  this  day  bestowed  upon  the  Presi- 

^         dent  of  the  United  States,  and  it  is  our  honor  and  privilege 

to  have  him  with  us.     The  honor  is,  indeed,  his,  because  this 

"^'oung  Men's  Christian  Association  stands  for  the  highest 


igj?/:  (,i:r<M. i.v  .s. / /  /.\ r-.s  ./A'/j  ■ 


,„  Ulv,    J2-30-.    .-,1  Mmtetig,-!^  al  p,is,    iij5 .       ■::      -..-,.■-: 


:.Xilhft   Willi   ihi  lur,:  ■■. 


•  i\' pitlil.   >u:iyti.d  ami  itl.u/l'trifni. 


th. 


/.v  ii/j:\f:ss  H Hi:i<tA^r,  ///.   ../;.;  ///A"  ohrman  saijxos  .txo 

/.().-LV   SOC/ETy.    IN    anijoimit}    -cilh    a    nsuliiltan    duly   iidoplrH  h\    its   /linril  nf 
Directors,  has  caiiud  lis  loifi'-r  ■<il  li>  br  liirttiiilo  «//. 


v:^ 


RELEASE    OF    MORTGAGE. 


THE    LAST    IM  (    \I)i:.  5  5 

type  of  American  citi/ciiship.  It  has  close  relationship  with 
that  trinity  of  powers  which,  in  a  real  sense,  rej)resents  the 
greatest  possibilities  of  any  citi/.en.  it  safeguards  and  de- 
velops his  physical  powers.  Since  the  organization  of  the 
Association  in  this  city,  thousands  of  young  men  have  been 
taught  to  re\-erence  their  body  by  the  culti\ation  ot  nerve 
and  muscle.  It  would  be  impossible  to  overestimate  the 
vital  importance  of  this  work  in  an  age  in  which  the  keen 
competition  of  intense  living  sacrifices  so  much  of  proper 
physical  development. 

It  is  a  strong  and  growing  agency  for  the  cultivation 
of  his  mental  powers.  I'he  winning  man  of  our  twentieth 
century  must  be  a  mental  force.  It  is  an  age  in  which  mens 
Sana  in  sano  corpore  becomes  supremely  true.  Consecrated 
common  sense  and  sound  judgment  are  two  mighty  (jualities 
for  the  use  and  direction  of  knowledge.  And  who  can  give 
true  value  to  the  night  classes  in  which  young  men  are  strug- 
gling to  advance  themselves?  Our  future  merchants  will  be 
found  in  this  array  of  young  men  who  devote  their  spare 
hours  to  a  close  study  along  the  line  of  their  chosen  pro- 
fessions. 

/  But  great  as  is  the  work  of  this  Association  in  the  physi- 
cal and  mental  development,  it  reaches  its  true  ideal  in  the 
cultivation  of  the  moral  and  spiritual  powers.  In  a  life  of 
ceaseless  temptation  and  moral  aberration,  the  young  man  is 
here  taught  the  use  of  his  spiritual  weapons.  Moral  conquest 
marks  the  highest  life  and  becomes  the  supreme  test.  Iruly, 
it  is  an  honor  to  be  chosen  to  dedicate  a  building  which  thus 
represents  the  strongest  manhootl  and  the  best  citi/enship; 
but  the  occasion  is  unique.  ()ur  distinguished  guests  have 
already  realized  the  largeness  ot  all  things  Californian. 
This,  therefore,  is  a  big  Association  with  a  big  secretarv  and 
a  big  debt,  but  we  this  day  participate  in  the  biggest  work 


:;6  FIVE  DECADES. 

of  all,  tor  it  means  the  burning  of  a  great  mortgage  and  the 
dawn  of  a  new  great  day. 

The  honor  likewise  is  ours  for  he  who  dedicates  this 
structure  has  taught  the  young  manhood  of  America  how  to 
attain.  Our  President  combines  the  Spartan  love  of  the  ath- 
lete with  the  ambitious  aim  of  the  student  and  the  Christian 
love  of  doing  and  of  serving. 

To  Henry  J.  McCoy,  the  well-tried  secretary  of  the 
San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  is  due 
the  greatest  honors  of  this  day.  For  over  twenty  years 
he  has  devoted  himself  with  untiring  devotion  to  his  great  life 
task  and  now  he  witnesses  the  full  realization  of  his  just 
ambition  in  the  dedication  of  a  building, —  the  influence  of 
which  reaches  every  creed  and  every  class. 

May  God  consecrate  his  leadership  to  the  greater  de- 
velopment of  this  noble  work  in  this  city  to  the  blessing  of 
our  young  men  and  the  greater  glory  of  the  church. 

President  Watt  then  spoke  as  follows : 
Address  by  Ladies  arid  Gentlemen :    We  have  assembled  here  today 

for  the  purpose  of  dedicating  this  building  to  the  non-sec- 
tarian purposes,  educational,  physical,  social  and  spiritual  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 

Planned  on  a  large  scale  in  good  times,  finished  in  a 
season  of  great  depression,  the  building  was  left  under  a 
burden  of  debt  from  which  it  only  emerged  on  Saturday  last^ 
when,  by  the  liberality  of  a  generous  public,  the  balance  of  the 
mortgage  of  $107,000  was  paid.  There  was  also  a  balance 
due  the  estate  of  our  late  honored  President  George  W. 
Gibbs.  I  am  pleased  to  announce  that  this  note  for  $6,500, 
with  accrued  interest,  has  been  generously  canceled  and  sur- 
rendered by  Mrs.  Gibbs,  who  thus  crowns  the  munificent 
donations  of  her  late  husband.  These  notes  and  the  mortgage 
are  now  about  to  be  burned. 


President 
Rolla  V.   Watt 


THE  LAST  nr.CAni:.  57 

\Vc  arc  especialK  honored  ;ir  this  auspicious  occasion, 
advanced  through  the  announcement  of  his  coming,  hy  the 
presence  of  one  from  whom  the  youth  of  our  country  are 
learning,  through  his  precepts  and  example,  lessons  in  self- 
reliance,  industry,  personal  responsibility,  usefulness'  and 
helpfulness,  lessons  in  character,  and  in  the  right  kind  of  a 
strenuous  life;  the  young,  gifted,  universally  respected, 
honored  and  lo\ed  President  of  the  I'nited  States,  Theodore 
Roosevelt. 

After  our  most  efficient,  and  as  most  of  nou  will  agree, 
persistent,  general  secretary,  the  great  friend  of  the  youth  of 
our  State  and  city,  to  whose  energy,  industry  and  tact  we  owe 
so  much,  has  performed  the  pleasant  task  of  igniting  these 
troublesome  papers,  President  Roosevelt  will  deli\er  the 
dedicatory    address. 

Then    came    the    burning   of   the    mortgage    and    notes      Burning 

representing:     $11;, 280  —  this     honor     was     conferred     bv      ifj'^^ 

^  ^  -  •        Mortgage 

the    trustees    on    our    general    secretary,     xMr.     Henry    J. 

McCov,  who  had  successfully  led  the  canvass;  when  intro- 
duced bv  President  W^itt  to  perform  this  ceremony,  he  said: 
"  With  your  permission,  Mr.  Chairman,  1  would  like  to  ask 
President  Roosevelt  to  do  us  the  honor  of  applying  the  torch 
to  this  mortgage,"  which  the  President  did  while  the  audience 
joined  spontaneously  in  singing  "Praise  God  from  Whom  all 
Blessings  Flow."  1  heir  enthusiasm  knew  no  bounds  and 
simpK'  can  not  be  described;  it  would  ha\e  to  be  witnessed 
to  be  appreciated.  \\  ere  it  not  tor  the  immense  iron  rafters 
we  are  afraid  the  roof  of  the  auditorium  would  have  been 
in  danger.  Following  this  came  the  dedicatory  address  by 
President  Roosevelt,  which  was  his  first  public  act  after  reach- 
ing the  city.  I  he  adcfress  which  is  full  of  power  and  manl\ 
vigor  IS  here  gixen  \erbatim. 


THK    LAST  Di:CAl)E 


59 


Mr.  (IhiiiniKiii,  cdkI  Yoit,  M \  ■/•flhjn  (Citizens,  Men 
(i)i(l  f/'oiNcn  of  J  his  drcdl  (/ily,  in  This  Grriil  Stale:  |-cw 
things  could  ha\c  gi\cn  nic  more  pleasure  than  the  pri\ilege 
of  taking  part  at  the  dedication,  tree  of  debt,  ot  this  building 
to  the  uses  for  which  it  is  destined.  It  wouKl  be  hanl  to 
o\'erestiinate  the  amount  ot  good  woi-k  done  In  the  "1  oung 
Men's  Christian  Associations  and  the  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tian Associations.  (Applause.)  I  well  remember,  Mr.  Sec- 
retary, that  for  a  long  time  I  used  to  feel  indignant  that 
there  were  not  ^  oung  Women's  Christian  Associations  also, 
and  how  pleased  I  was  when  I  saw  them  started  and  attain- 
ing the  development  that  they  have  now  attained. 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  has  been  able,  to  a 
XQvy  marked  degree,  to  combine  that  practical  efficiency  in 
action  with  adherence  to  a  lofty  ideal  which  should  be  the 
aim  of  all  decent  citizenship  throughout  our  country.  Of 
course,  it  is  not  enough  to  have  merely  efficiencv.  I  he  more 
etficient  a  man  is  the  more  dangerous  he  is,  if  that  etliciencv 
is  not  guided  by  the  proper  type  of  spirit,  by  the  proper  sense 
of  moral  responsibility.  It  is,  of  course,  a  mere  truism 
to  say  that  the  very  abilities,  physical,  mental  and  moral,  of 
the  body,  the  mind  and  soul,  if  perverted,  which  make  a  man 
potent  for  good,  if  they  are  guided  aright,  make  him  dan- 
gerous to  himself  and  the  whole  community  if  thev  are  guided 
wrong;  and  the  man  who,  because  of  his  strength,  because 
of  his  courage,  of  his  power,  can  do  best  work  for  decencv, 
if  those  attributes  are  used  in  the  proper  service,  will  do  most 
harm  if  there  is  no  guiding  principle  behind  them.  As  I 
say,  that  is  a  mere  truism;  all  of  you  know  in  dealing  in  Nour 
own  families,  \\\t\\  your  neighbors,  in  vour  relations  with 
the  State,  that  strength  of  anv  kind,  physical,  mental,  is  but 
a  source  of  danger  if  It  Is  not  guided  aright.  On  the  other 
hand.  It  Is  just  as  important  tor  e\er\  man  or  woman  who  is 


Addrea  of 

President 

Roosevc'/i 


6u  FIVE  DECADES. 

stri\-ing  for  decency  to  keep  ever  in  mind  the  further  fact 
that  unless  there  is  power  and  efficiency  behind  the  effort  for 
decency,  scant  is  the  good  that  will  come. 

MUST    HAVE    POWER. 

It  is  not  enough  to  have  a  mere  aspiration  after  right- 
eousness. It  is  not  enough  to  have  the  lofty  ideal,  with  it 
must  go  the  power  of,  in  some  sort,  practically  realizing  it. 
The  cloistered  virtue  which  fears  the  rough  contact  with 
the  world  can  avail  but  little  in  our  eminently  practical  civ- 
ilization of  today,  in  the  rough  and  tumble  life  made  neces- 
sary and  inevitably  attendant  upon  the  development  of  a 
strong  and  masterful  people  working  out  its  fate  through 
the  complex  industrialism  of  this  age.  With  decency  there 
must  go  the  power  practically  to  apply  it  in  life;  practically 
to  work  it  out,  and  to  work  it  out  for  the  benefit  of  others 
as  well  as  one's  self. 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  stands  for  so  much  because  it  repre- 
sents the  work  of  men  and  women  who,  to  a  generous  en- 
thusiasm for  their  fellows,  to  a  lofty  ideal  of  service  for  the 
Giver  of  good  and  for  all  mankind,  join  the  power  to 
realize  that  ideal  in  practical  ways,  the  power  to  work,  con- 
cretely, for  the  attainment  of  at  least  some  measure  of  the 
good  sought. 

I  ha\e  come  across  the  work  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  in  many  different  walks  of  life.  I  do  not 
know  a  branch  of  it  that  has  done  better  work  than  the  branch 
connected  with  the  railway  organizations  for  instance;  and 
I  naturally  feel  a  peculiar  interest  in  and  rejoice  peculiarly 
over  the  work  done  among  the  soldiers  and  sailors  wearing 
the  uniform  of  the  United  States  Government.     (Applause.) 

Every  decent  American  ought  to  be  proud  of  the  army 
and  navy  of  this  land  (Applause),  and,  therefore,  it  is  pecul- 


nu:   LAS  I    DLCADE,  6  I 

larly  incumbent  upon  us  to  see  that  the  men  in  that  army  or 
na\y  has  each  a  help  given  him  in  the  right  way,  not  the  wrong 
way;  that  he  is  gi\en  a  chance  tor  wholesotne  amusement,  a 
chance  to  lead  an  upi-ight  and  honorable  lite  in  his  hours  ot 
relaxation. 

Another  thing  the  ^  .  M.  C  .  A.  represents  is  knowledge 
of  human  nature,  ^'ou  are  not  going  to  do  \'ery  much  good 
with  human  nature  it  nou  attempt  to  take  the  bad  out  of  it 
by  leaxing  a  \acuum  tliere.  (Laughter.)  i  hat  Nacuum  is 
going  to  be  tilled  with  something,  and  it  vou  do  not  till  it 
with  what  is  good  it  will  be  tilled  with  what  is  evil,  just  as 
sure  as  fate,  and  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
represents  the  efforts  to  provide  for  the  body  as  well  as  for 
the  mind;  to  help  young  men  to  educate  themselves;  to 
train  themselves  for  practical  life,  as  well  as  for  the  higher 
life,  and  to  give  them  amusement  and  relaxation  that  will  ele- 
vate and  not  debase  them.  In  other  words,  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 
in  all  Its  branches  is  working  for  cixic  and  social  righteous- 
ness, for  decency,  for  good  citizenship.     (Applause.) 

AS  TO  (iOOD  CITIZENS. 

There  is  no  patent  recipe  for  getting  good  citizenship. 
You  get  it  bv  applying  the  old,  old  rules  ot  decent  conduct, 
the  rules  in  accordance  with  which  decent  men  ha\e  had  to 
shape  their  lives  from  the  beginning.  A  good  citizen,  a  man 
who  stands  as  he  should  stand  in  his  relations  to  the  State 
and  the  nation,  must  tirst  ot  all  be  a  good  member  of  his 
own  familv  (Applause);  a  good  tather  or  son,  brother  or 
husband;  a  man  who  does  right  the  thing  that  is  nearest;  a 
man  who  is  a  good  neighbor  (and  I  use  "neighbor"  broadly), 
who  handles  himself  as  his  self-respect  should  bid  him  handle 
hims;elf  in  his  relations  with  the  commumt\-  at  large,  in 
his    relation    with    those    whom    he    empU)ys    or    b\     whom 


62  FIVE  DECADES. 

he  is  employed,  with  those  with  whom  he  comes  in  contact 
in  any  form  of  husiness  relation  or  in  any  other  way.  If 
there  is  one  lesson  which  I  think  each  of  us  learns  as  he  grows 
older,  it  is  that  it  is  not  what  the  man  works  at  —  providing, 
of  course,  it  is  respectable  and  honorable  in  character  —  that 
it  is  not  what  the  man  works  at  that  Hxes  his  place,  but  it 
is  the  way  he  works  at  it.     (Applause.) 

Providence,  working  to  us  in  ways  that  are  inscrutable, 
conditions  our  li^•es  so  that  but  few  men  can  choose  exactly 
the  work  they  would  like  best.  One  man  finds  that  his  lines 
lie  in  pleasant  places;  another,  not.  One  man  finds  that  to 
him  is  allotted  one  task,  and  another  that  he  must  undertake 
an  entirely  different  task.  All  the  tasks  are  necessary.  Every 
man  engaged  in  this  great  city  on  this  day  in  any  one  of  the 
innumerable  kinds  of  work  necessai*y  to  the  legitimate  life 
of  the  city,  is  himself  doing  necessary  and  honorable  work, 
and  if  we  are  sincere  in  our  professions  of  adherence  to  the 
principles  laid  down  by  the  founder  of  Christianity;  if  we 
are  sincere  in  our  professions  of  adherence  to  the  immutable 
laws  of  righteousness,  we  will  honor  in  others  and  in  our- 
selves the  power  of  each  to  do  decently  and  well  the  work 
allotted  to  him  and  ask  nothing  further  than  that.  (Ap- 
plause.) And  if  we  can  get  ourselves  and  the  community  at 
large  really  imbued  with  that  spirit,  nine-tenths  of  the  diffi- 
culties that  beset  us  will  vanish.  Far  more  important  in  caus- 
ing trouble  than  any  material  misfortune  or  material  mis- 
ery— and  I  do  not  underestimate  the  effect  of  material  mis- 
fortune and  material  miseiy  —  but  far  more  important  in 
causing  trouble  than  such  material  misery  or  misfortune, 
is  the  moral  misery,  the  moral  misfortune,  the  moral  wrong- 
doing, which  on  the  one  hand  makes  a  man  arrogant  to  those 
whom  he  regards  as  less  well  off  than  himself,  and  which  on 
the  other  hand  manifests  itself  in  the  equally  base  shape  of 


FRANK  A.  JACKSON, 
Asst.  Secretary,  Central  Department 


F.  E.  SWANSON, 
Secretary.  Mission  Street  Department. 


STEPHFN   K.  WOOD, 
Secretary,  Army  Department. 


EXECUTIVE  OFFICERS 


Till:   L.\bl    DKtADK.  65 

rancor,  hatred,  envy  or  jealousy  for  those  better  off.      (Ap- 
plause.) 

One  form  of  niiscomluct  is  just  as  had  as  the  other,  ami 
to  preach  against  either  only  to  those  afflicted  by  the  other 
does  no  good.     (Laughter.) 

WHEKi:     WORIII      l.II'.S. 

When  we  practically  realize  that  the  worth  lies  in  the 
way  of  doing  the  work,  that  that  applies  whether  your  work 
is  that  of  employer  or  employed,  of  townsman  or  countryman, 
of  the  man  who  works  with  his  head  or  the  man  who  works 
with  his  hands, —  when  we  practically  realize  that,  each 
man  will  have  too  much  self-respect,  too  much  respect  for  him- 
self and  for  his  brother,  to  permit  himself  cither  to  look  down 
on  that  brother  or  to  regard  him  with  envy  and  jealousy, 
either  one.  And  when  we  get  that  spirit  in  the  community, 
we  will  have  taken  a  longer  stride  toward  the  real  goal  of 
at  least  an  imperfect  realization  of  the  principles  ot  applied 
Christianity  than  has  ever  been  taken  in  the  world  before. 
(Applause.) 

I  have  but  a  minute  more.  (Cries  of  "Go  on,"  "Go 
ahead.")  \Vhen  I  get  before  an  audience  like  this,  doing 
this  kind  of  work  in  which  I  so  thoroughly  beliexe,  I  would 
like  to  talk  a  good  deal  longer  than  I  have,  but  1  have  other 
engagements,  and  all  I  shall  say  is  that  I  thank  you  for  gi\- 
ing  me  the  opportunity  to  share,  in  howexer  small  a  degree,  in 
the  work  that  you  are  doing,  and  that  I  wish  you  Godspeed 
from  now  on.     (Applause.) 

After  the  address  of  President  Roosevelt  the  dedicatory      Dedicatory 
prayer  was  offered  bv  Rev.  George  C.  Adams,  D.  D.,  pastor      ,!^''-'^Z^  \j 
of  First  Congregational  Church.  D.  D. 

Our  Heavenly  Father:  We  are  met  to  dedicate  to 
Thy  service  this  beautiful  building.      I  hou  kuowest  the  years 


66  FIVK  DKC  ADES. 

of  sacrifice  and  consecration  that  have  made  it  possible;  manv 
have  planned  for  it,  and  have  given  of  that  wherewith 
Thou  hast  blesseci  them,  and  some  have  not  lived  to  see  this 
final  fruition  of  their  hopes;  but  Thy  work  has  gone  on, 
and  we  are  here  to  see  and  enjoy  the  result.  Already  this 
building  has  proved  its  need  in  the  multitudes  of  young  men 
who  have  gathered  here;  some  have  found  the  Saviour  here 
and  many  have  found  high  ideals  and  been  inspired  to  the 


REV.   GEORGE  C.  ADAMS,   D.  D. 

best  life  of  which  they  are  capable.  May  this  good  work 
go  on,  and  this  place  prove  a  gate  of  heaven  to  many.  It 
ministers  to  body,  mind  and  soul ;  it  tries  to  assist  to  com- 
plete manhood;  may  Thy  blessing  rest  on  all  these  efforts, 
and  keep  the  workers  true  to  the  highest  ideals.  More  than 
all  else,  we  thank  Thee  for  the  consecrated  lives  that  have 
been  used  here  for  help  to  others,  and  for  the  Christian  man- 
hood that  has  given  to  many  the  desire  to  be  like  the  Master. 
We  thank  Thee  that  our  general  secretary  has  been  spared- 
to  see  this  day,  and  that  the  great  hope  of  his  life  has  been 
at  last  fulfilled;   may  he  find  great  satisfaction  in  what  shall 


A.  A.  MACURDA, 
Eclucation:il  Director. 


HOWARD  M.  STRICKLER. 
Physical  Director. 


F.  E.   MILLER, 
Financial  Secretary. 


GEORGE  W.  EMERSON, 
Cashier. 


A.  CLAIDE  KRADEN, 
Secretary  Boys'  Department. 


W.  R.  WEBB, 
OfRce  Secretary. 


AARON   FRANCIS 
Ofl'ice  Boy. 


EXECUTIVE  OFFICERS 


1  HE   LASr   DKCADE.  69 

he  done  here  to  show  that  I  hou  art  present  and  that  men 
can  serve  Thee.  We  meet  here  on  common  ground;  all 
churches  unite  at  this  point,  and  we  find  here  a  presage  of 
what  shall  he  when  Christ  is  all  and  in  all,  when  our  petty 
difierences  shall  ha\  e  hcen  lost  sight  of  in  the  great  commis- 
sion that  the  Master  ga\e,  and  we  shall  do  one  work  for  His 
sake;  we  are  grateful  that  we  can  do  this  much,  and  we  con- 
secrate these  efforts  to  Thee,  and  ask  I'hee  to  accept  this, 
the  work  of  no  cluii'ch,  and  \et  of  all  churches, —  the  best 
effort  of  today  along  the  lines  of  least  resistance,  and  with 
the  greatest  promise  of  great  results.  We  dedicate  all  to 
Ihy  service,  and  we  ask  that  Thy  spirit  may  descend  and  fill 
this  place,  and  make  it  full  of  the  incense  of  love  to  Thee. 
We  thank  Thee  for  the  noble  words  that  ha\e  just  been 
spoken  bv  our  President,  and  for  the  consistent  Christian  life 
that  makes  them  powerful;  ma\'  Thv  blessing  rest  upon  him, 
and  keep  him  true  to  the  high  resohes  and  great  purposes 
that  now  dominate  his  life;  we  thank  Thee  for  his  presence 
among  us,  and  ask  Thee  to  guard  him  in  his  way.  And  now 
wilt  Thou  heed  us  as  we  set  apart  this  building  for  the  holiest 
uses,  and  ask  Thee  to  accept  the  sacrifices  that  have  made 
it  possible,  and  the  pravers  that  are  offered  for  its  right  use. 
Ihe  hearts  of  fathers  and  mothers  will  turn  toward  it;  the 
stranger  within  our  gates  will  come  to  it;  the  wayfarer  will 
turn  in  hither;  may  they  all  fintl  it  kept  in  Thy  name,  and 
used  for  the  highest  good  of  humanity.  All  this  we  ask  for 
Jesus'  sake.      Amen. 

Then  followed  the  hvmn  "Onward,  Christian  Soldiers," 
and  the  benediction  by  Kev.  Henry  A.  Fisk,  pastor  of  Peo- 
ple's Place. 

The  Association  building  was  taken  in  charge  at  one 
o'clock  by  the  citv  police,  under  the  direction  of  Chief  of 
Police  Wittman,   and  the  handling  of  the  great  crowd  was 


70  FIVE  DECADES. 

simply  perfect.  The  aiulitoriuni  was  crowded  long  before 
the  hour  of  commencing  and  the  people  overflowed  into  the 
gymnasium,  where  the  President  greeted  them  on  his  way  to 
the  auditorium. 

A  most  attracti\'e  sou\'enir  program  was  prepared  for 
the  occasion.  The  Association  orchestra,  under  direction 
of  Mr.  C.  E.  Robson,  discoursed  music  awaiting  the  arriv^al 
of  the  Presidential  party,  and  the  audience  was  led  in  singing 
by  Mr.  A.  A.  Macurda,  educational  director.  The  Presi- 
dential party;  Mayor  Schmitz ;  Hon.  M.  H.  de  Young, 
chairman  of  the  Citizens'  Reception  Committee  of  San  Fran- 
cisco; the  Association  Presidential  Reception  Committee;  the 
President's  secretary;  Mrs.  John  F.  Merrill,  chairman  of  the 
Mothers'  Tribute  Fund  Committee;  Mrs.  B.  C.  Wright, 
chairman  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary,  together  with  a  large 
number  of  prominent  citizens  and  clergy.  Chief  of  Police 
Wittman  and  the  Secret  Service  men  and  representatives 
of  the  Associated  Press,  occupied  seats  on  the  platform. 
All  the  guests  were  provided  with  eighteen-inch  American 
flags  and  when  President  Roosevelt  stepped  upon  the  plat- 
form the  orchestra  struck  up  "The  Star-Spangled  Banner" 
and  the  audience  immediately  arose  to  their  feet  and  greeted 
him  with  a  flag  reception.  The  entire  party  went  wild  with 
enthusiasm  and  it  was  some  time  before  quiet  was  restored. 
The  occasion  was  really  the  event  of  the  President's  visit. 
The  local  committee  on  the  Presidential  visit  conferred  upon 
the  Association  the  greatest  honor  that  could  have  been  de- 
sired in  giving  to  it  the  first  place  on  the  program;  the  Presi- 
dent had  been  in  the  city  less  than  three  hours  before  coming 
to  the  Association  building. 

The  mortgage  and  notes  were  incinerated  in  a  brazier 
of  ancient  design  made  especially  for  the  occasion, —  an  ele- 
gant afiair  contributed  by  the  California  Artistic  and  Metal 


MKS.  JOHN   1-.  MERRILL, 

Chairrtian  of  tlie  Motliers'  Tribute  I'uiid  Comiuitlce,  wliicli  committee  succeeded  in  raising  5^3,749.55 

for  the  buildiiiy:  intlL-bteiliiess.     Mrs.  Merrill  is  one  of  the  first  ladies  of  San  Francisco. 


Tin-:  LAST  nr.rADK.  73 

Wire    Cotnpaiiw   through   the   kiiul   otiices  ot    Dr.    I  lartlaiul 
Law,  chairman  of  the  I^inance  Committee. 

At  the  close  of  President  Roose\elt's  address,  President 
Watt,  in  the  name  of  the  trustees  and  directors,  presented 
him  with  a  solitl  ^n)ld  official  pin,  emblem  of  the  "1  oim^  Men's 
Christian  Association,  suitably  inscribed  as  to  the  occasion. 
The  Board  of  Directors  also  made  l^resident  Roose\elt  a  life 
member  of  the  Association.  A  most  elegant  basket  of  choice 
lilies  was  presented  to  the  President  by  Mrs.  John  V.  Merrill 
and  later  was  sent  to  his  suite  at  the  Palace  Hotel. 

No  public  institution  in  the  history  of  San  Francisco  has 
secured  so  large  an  amount  of  money  by  popular  subscription 
as  the  San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
and  it  is  doubtful  if  any  institution  in  our  city  has  created  for 
itself  such  a  large  place  in  the  estimation  of  our  citizens. 

The  Mothers'  Tribute  Fund  Committee,  Mrs.  John  F.  'a-'^-u^7  v  .  j 
Merrill  chairman,  and  associated  with  her  Mrs.  George  W.  Subscription 
Gibbs,  Mrs.  Wm.  IT  Crocker,  Mrs.  Isidor  Lowenberg,  Mrs. 
L.  L.  Baker,  Mrs.  V\.  W .  McKinstry  and  Mrs.  George  W. 
Prescott  raised  $23,749.^5  including  note  with  accrued  inter- 
est given  by  Mrs.  Geo.  W.  Gibbs  of  the  total  amount  secured; 
Mrs.  H.  J.  McCoy,  as  secretary  of  the  committee,  rendered 
most  valuable  service  in  the  selection  and  recording  of  names 
of  possible  subscribers,  both  for  the  Mothers'  Tribute  lund 
Committee  and  for  the  general  can\ass;  between  six  and 
seven  thousand  names  in  this  manner  were  secured.  Mrs. 
Merrill,  as  one  of  the  first  ladies  of  our  city,  had  wide  influ- 
ence among  the  women  of  San  I'rancisco;  none  but  women 
were  permittetl  to  contribute  to  the  Mothers'  Tribute  l-\nul. 

The  largest  single  subscription  to  the  indebtedness  was 
$12,000.  The  total  number  of  contributors  to  the  fund 
was  nearly  eighteen  hundred. 

The   Woman's   Auxiliary   of  the   .Association.    Mrs.    B. 


74 


FIVE  DKCADKS. 


Effective  Work 

of  the  IVomari'  s 

Auxiliary 


A  Building 
for  Boys 


C.  Wright,  chair- 
man, also  contrib- 
uted largely  to  the 
building  fund,  and 
their  interest  and 
efforts  were  most 
highly  appreciated 
bv  the  Board  of 
Management;  their 
work  has  been  con- 
tinuous and  most 
helpful. 

At  the  close  or 
the  dedicatory  ser- 
vice there  was  a 
general  jollification 
among  the  members 
and  friends.      With 

the  /Association  it  was  the  day  of  all  days — to  the  Master's 

name   be  all   the  glory;    it  was  in   and   of  Him   that  this 

sweeping  victory  was  gained. 

The  exterior  and  interior  of  the  Association  building 

were  beautifully  and  artistically  decorated  under  the  direction 

of  Mr.  John  Goman,  head  janitor. 

In  General  Secretary  McCoy's  remarks  he  made  a  plea 

for  a  building  for  the  boys  which  was  heartily  received  by 

the  immense  audience. 

The  following  is  a  reproduction  of  the  entry  made  on 

the  record  book  of  the  trustees  by  President  Roosevelt: 


MRS.  B.  C.  WRIGHT, 
Chairman  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary. 


TIIK    LAST   DKCADi:. 


75 


RECORD  MADE  IN  THE  TRL'STEES'  BOOK. 
By  President  Roosevelt. 


^— --^/-t<«-^!^-»«^^/     /■i^^l^Sic^-^?' 


.-*>? 


^-C^vryj^ 


.^r. 


Thus  we  conic  to  our  Jubilee  with  hearts  thaiiktul  to 
God  for  all  the  blessings  He  has  vouchsafed  us  during  these 
decades,  and  nothing  but  words  of  praise  for  those  who 
during  the  dark  days  stood  so  faithfully  by  the  cause  for 
young  men  and  boys.  As  we  stand  upon  the  tinii  iouiulation 
they  have  constructed,  we  look  to  the  future  with  renewed 
hope  and  vigor,  and  go  forward  undaunted  by  the  sin  yet  to 
be  conquered,  by  grave  problems  yet  to  be  solved. 

The  foregoing  is  a  brief  written  record  of  the  principal 
events  in  the  history  of  the  San  Francisco  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association;  but  its  unwritten  record  must  remain 
silent  until  the  books  are  opened  and  things  eternal  are 
made  known.  His  watchful  care  and  guiding  hand  have  been 
manifestly  present  in  all  these  years,  and  by  diligent  work 


76 


FIVE  DEC  ADKS. 


and  faith tul  ser\'ice  this  special  effort  in  the  interest  of  the 
thousands  of  young  men  may  and  will  be  multiplied  many 
fold  in  the  years  to  come.  Alany  whose  time,  talent  and 
money  were  given  to  this  cause  are  now  remembered  only  by 
what  they  have  done;  they  have  passed  beyond  earthly 
scenes  and  acti\-ities.  And  so  it  will  ever  be  in  coming  years; 
but  we  should  remember  that  the  work  is  above  the  worker, 
and  God's  cause  is  not  dependent  upon  anv  one  man  or  class 
of  men. 


JOHN    GO  MAN', 
Head  Janitor  tor  19  years. 


PART  II. 


THE  ASSOCIATION  TODAY. 


I'ok  rni',  nK.iiiK  man. 


CHAlTi.K     I. 


I 


TS  wonderful  vitality  and  power  to  adapt  itself 
to  \arying  conditions,  is  perhaps  nowhere  more 
fully  shown  than  in  the  manifold  activities  of 


v'^-^^^K/  ^^^  Association  as  it  supplies  the  needs  ot  younii; 
men   today.      This   adaptability   on   the   part  of  the   ory;an- 
ization  has  so  impressed  men  of  sound  business  judgment, 
that  they  have  turned  over  large  sums  of  money  to  the  man- 
agement of  the  Christian  men  who  shape  the  policy  ot  the 
Association.     During  the  year  1902,  $12,000,000  were  thus     $12,000,000 
entrusted   to   the   Young    Men's    Christian    Associations  of      j^sodation 
North  America.      In   San   Francisco,   no  less  than   in  other     Last  Tear 
great  cities,  this  public  confidence  is  one  of  the  most  striking 
features  of  the  work. 

The  San  Francisco  Association,  in  its  central  building, 
cares  for  a  membership  which  is  among  the  largest  half  dozen 
Associations  in  the  country.  Although  its  activities  must  be 
considered  as  a  unit,  it  has  been  found  necessary  in  order  to 
most  effectively  administer  the  different  sides  of  the  work. 
to  establish  certain  departments  which  are,  in  a  measure,  un- 
der separate  management,  although  co-ordinated  and  held 
responsible  to  the  central  authority  represented  by  the  general 
secretary.  These  departments  are,  —  Religious  Work,  Bible  Departmental 
Study,  Physical,  Educational  and  Boys'  Work.  Outside  of 
the  central  building,  work  is  also  conducted  for  army  men, 
college  students,  and  in  the  branch  established  in  the  Mission 


H'ork 


8o 


FIVH  DECADES. 


'  *^'i  '*;^J^«"""<»"  'Tie. ' z::< — 


Religious 
Work 


PRESENT  ASSOCIATION  BUILDING, 
Northeast    corner  Mason  and  Ellis  Streets.     Opened  September  9,  1894. 
Dedicated  free  of  ail  indebtedness  by  President  Roosevelt,  May  12,  1903. 

district  of  our  city  which  is  rapidly  growing  into  prominence 
as  a  residential  center. 

Following  is  a  representation  of  the  work  of  these  var- 
ious departments: 

The  prime  object  of  the  Association  is  to  further  the 
religious  life  of  men.  All  the  agencies  at  its  command  are 
used  to  advance  this  fundamental  purpose.  While  so  doing, 
the  attempt  is  made  to  approach  the  subject  so  wisely 
that  men  may  be  attracted  and  not  repelled.  At  present, 
the  most  prominent  method  of  reaching  men  directly  for 
their  spiritual  growth  is  the  3  o'clock  Men's  Meeting  held 
every  Sunday  afternoon.  Prom  two  to  three  hundred  men 
may  be  found  at  this  hour  each  week,  listening  to  the  best 
speakers,  not  only  from  this  city,  but  from  all  over  the  world, 
since  the  Association  is  able  to  command  the  scrxices  of  any 


FOR  Tin:  in(;in,K  man'.  8i 

religious  worker  who  may  be  within  our  ^atcs.  As'uic  troin 
the  speaker,  especially  attracti\e  nuisical  ser\ices,  for  the 
greater  part  of  the  year  with  the  support  of  an  orchestra 
of  young  men,  draw  large  audiences  into  these  meetings. 
At  the  conclusion  of  the  tormal  scr\iccs  in  the  Auditorium. 
it  is  the  general  custom  tor  the  men  to  gather  about  the 
piano  in  the  social  hall  tor  a  good  "sing."  1  he  old  fa- 
miliar hymns  ring  out  trom  manly  throats  with  new  and 
inspiring  vigor.  The  spirit  of  fellowship  which  grows  up 
through  this  means  is  conduci\e  to  a  peculiarly  sympathetic 
atmosphere  so  that  the  few  earnest  words  from  the  general 
secretary  in  this  after-service  usually  result  in  the  beginning 
of  a  new  life  for  some  young  man. 

But  not  alone  are  the  efforts  of  the  Association  directed 
toward  the  saKatlon  of  the  uncon\erted.  ^'oung  men  tiiul 
in  the  committee  activity  a  splendid  opportunity  for  the 
cultivation  of  Christian  character  through  service.  Classes 
are  formed  w^herein  the  study  of  the  best  methods  of  personal 
work  are  pursued.  Particular  problems  are  studied  and 
ciefmite  aggressi\e  work  is  pledged  by  every  member  of  the 
class.  In  years  past,  the  Association  has  turned  out  for  Chris- 
tian service  many  of  the  most  inHuential  and  successful  lead- 
ers in  the  spreading  ot  the  Kingdom  ol  Christ. 

Realizing  that  growth  is  dependent  upon  exercise,  and  The  Volunteer 
that  to  gi\e  is  more  blessed  than  to  receive,  certain  voung  League 
men  of  the  Association  filled  with  the  desire  to  help  their 
less  fortunate  brothers  in  foreign  lands,  organized  the  first 
\-olunteer  league  for  the  propagation  of  associations,  similar 
to  our  own,  in  other  countries.  Because  of  the  feeling  that  to 
make  this  work  a  success,  some  definite  object  must  be  chosen, 
Japan  was  selected  as  a  special  field  for  the  attention  of  the 
San  Francisco  Association.  In  that  countrw  Mr.  (ialen  M. 
Fisher,  a  graduate  of  our  own  L  ni\ersit\'  of  California,  is  the 


82  FIVE  DECADES. 

traveling  secretary  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 
His  expenses  are  paid  by  the  Volunteer  League  of  the  San 
Francisco  Association,  from  free-will  offerings  contributed  by 
the  members.  A  greatly  increased  interest  in  missionary 
work  and  a  reflected  gain  in  depth  of  our  own  religious  life, 
are  apparent  results  of  the  work  of  the  league. 


CHAS.  M.  WHrrNEV, 
Leader  Volunteer  Leao;ue. 


Bible  Study  The  Bible  study  work  of  the  Association  is  recognized 

by  the  directors  and  management  as  one  of  the  most  essential 
features  of  Association  activity.  The  interest  in  the  study 
of  the  Bible  on  the  part  of  the  membership  of  the  Association 
has  been  steadily  increasing  from  year  to  year.  Provision 
is  made  not  only  for  general  classes,  but  for  special  groups 
of  men  who  have  been  attracted  by  the  work  of  one  or  an- 
other department.  Four  or  five  classes  are  held  for  the  jun- 
ior membership  and  six  or  eight  are  held  in  the  Association 
during  the  greater  part  of  the  year  for  the  senior  membership. 
During  the  last  two  years,  great  interest  has  been  aroused 
by  the  College  Students'  Cycle  of  Bible  Study,  prepared  by 


FOR     I  III      IIICIII.R    MAX. 


83 


the  International  Coniniitrec.  A  consitleraMe  portion  of 
our  niemhership  lia\e  continuei.1  with  this  work  through  the 
first  three  of  the  series,  emhracing —  The  Life  of  Christ, 
Studies  in  the  Acts  and  Epistles,  and  Studies  in  (Jld  iesta- 
ment  Characters.  During  the  sui7inier  a  special  course  of 
Bible  study  and  reatlin^  is  carrieti  on  so  that  those  who  re- 
main in  the  city  nia\  not  lose  their  connection  with  the  iiihle 
stud\'  A\()rk  ot  the  Association. 


HARTLAND  LAW,  M.  D., 
Chairman  Finance  Committee 


A  MAN'S  BODY. 


CHAPTER    II. 


Physicril 
Department 


ROM  three  to  Hve  hundred  men  are  using  the 
gymnasium,  bathing  facihties  and  handball  court 
iv^r^^(rM*=MJ  connected  therewith,  each  day.  Regular  classes 
^^^^c^^^  at  afternoon  hours  for  business  men  and  again 
in  the  evening,  are  held  by  the  instructors  in  this  department, 
who  are  specially  trained  and  qualified  to  minister  to  the 
physical  needs  of  men.  In  addition  to  this  class  work,  ex- 
ercises are  prescribed  to  meet  particular  needs,  and  the  va- 
riety and  extent  of  the  equipment  is  sufficient  to  accommodate 
all  classes  of  men.  Not  the  least  popular  of  the  privileges 
accorded  to  members  in  the  Physical  Department,  is  the 
splendid  tiled-lined  salt-water  swimming  plunge,  surrounded 
with  every  other  known  style  of  bath-room.  Bowling  alleys 
and  handball  court  are  auxiliary  features  of  the  work. 

Not  only  is  this  work  cione  in  the  building,  but  provision 
is  made   through   summer   camps  and  various   athletic  out- 


CLASS  HOUK 


A   M.W  S   I'.ODV. 


85 


ings  to  lc;ul  the  voiing  men  out  ol  doors.  A  bicycle  room 
makes  the  .Association  huiKling  the  headcjuarters  for  those 
of  its  members  who  are  partial  to  the  wheel.  Summer  camps 
for  boys  and  also  for  men  are  coming  very  rapidly  into  prom- 
inence as  healthful  and  artracti\e  means  ot  |)hysical  well- 
being.  Camp  McCoy,  for  the  juniors,  has  become  a  recog- 
nized institution  of  the  State  and  the  Men's  Camp  (Camp 
Association)  at  Escalle  bids  fair  to  become  as  well  known. 
Reference  to  the  Physical  Department  would  not  be  comi)lete 
without  mention  of  the  conipetitixe  games  held  between 
groups  of  the  membership  anii  with  other  Associations.  Of 
these  basket-ball  is  perhaps  in  greatest  vogue. 


Camp 


PRACTICAL  EDUCATION. 


CIIAP'JER    III. 


Night  School 
for  Men 


HE  demand  on  the  part  of  the  membership  of 
the  Association  and  the  young  men  of  San  Fran- 
cisco for  an  opportunity  to  develop  their  minds, 
has  resulted  in  the  growth  of  a  large  and 
Educational  increasingly  important  educational  work  carried  on  in  the 
Department  building.  This  work  has  been  all  gathered  together  under  the 
title  of  the  Association  Institute  of  Practical  Education  for 
Men  and  Boys.  Three  men  chosen  for  their  qualifications  and 
experience  devote  their  entire  time  to  this  work,  and  in  all, 
there  are  thirty  instructors  engaged  in  the  work  of  the 
institute. 

In  point  of  numbers,  the  Night  School  for  Men  is  the 
largest  section  of  students.  The  classes  of  this  school  are 
conducted  throughout  the  entire  year  in  subjects  beginning 
with  such  elementary  work  as  spelling,  penmanship  and  arith- 
metic, and  going  as  far  as  chemistry,  physics,  and  higher 
mathematics,  as  trigonometry  and  calculus.  Three  distinct 
kinds  of  work  are  done  in  the  Night  School  for  Men  in  its 
Commercial  Department,  its  Scientific  and  Industrial  Depart- 
ment, and  its  Language  and  Art  Department.  In  most  of 
these  subjects,  recitations  are  held  four  times  a  week,  although 
some  classes  meet  but  once  or  twice  a  week. 

Finding  a  demand  also  on  the  part  of  our  junior  mem- 
Night  School  bgj-g  f(^^^  participation  in  the  educational  privileges  of  the 
Association,  a  Working  Boys'  Night  School  was  established 
three  years  ago.  One  of  these  classes  is  maintained  entirely 
through  the  generosity  of  Mr.  Raphael  Weill  of  the  White 
House,  for  the  benefit  of  his  cash  boys.     All  these  boys  are 


Working  Boys^ 


A.  A.  MACURDA, 
Educational  Director. 


O.  C.  WILLARD, 

Assistant  Educationa!  Direclor, 

Commercial    Branches, 

(Day  and  Evening.) 


E.   E.  ESnoN 

Assistant  Educational  Director, 

English  aiui  Commercial  Branches, 

(Day  and  Evening.) 


J.   1!.  WIl-LlAMS. 
Steam  Engineering  and  Electricity. 


ASSOCIATION   INSTITUTE  OF   PRACTICAL 
EDUCATION   FOR  MEN   AND   BOYS 


PKAt   1  IC  .\l.    1,1)1  C.\  1  ION.  89 

further   allowed   the   pri\ile^e   ot    gsniiiasiLim   work   arul   the 
use  of  the  swinitnni^  tank. 

7  wo  years  a^(j  an  J^xenin^  Law  School  was  established  Evening  Law 
with  a  four  years'  course.  Its  purpose  is  to  give  a  thorough  School 
legal  training,  consequently  its  instructors  ha\e  been  sought 
in  the  law  faculties  of  the  L  ni\"ersit\  of  California  and  of 
Stanford.  1  he  heatls  ot  the  legal  faculties  of  these  two  uni- 
versities act  as  an  Adxisory  Committee,  superintentling  the 
poHcy  of  the  law  school.  During  the  past  two  \ears  thirtv 
students  have  been  enrolletl  in  these  law  classes. 

The  Association  has  also  been  able  to  extend  its  educa-      Correspondence 
tional  benefits  to  young  men  not  in  a  position  to  attend  anv      ^'"'y 
of  the  regularly  established  classes,  through  the  medium  of 
correspondence.     Eight  different  courses  have  been  prepared 
and  all  of  these  have  been  undertaken  bv  some  students. 


s 

K 

Hi 

^^^^^^^Bkkf' 

"•^l^^^J 

AN  l\(;   I   LA? 


During  the  vear  ending  July  ist,  the  institute  has  en- 
rolled 513  students.  This  greatly  increased  work  has  been 
almost  entirelv  supported  by  the  tuition  fees  paid  by  the 
students  themselves  during  the  past  few  years,  and  the  great 
Increase  in  students  is  indicatixe  of  the  fact  that  men  are  de- 


90 


PRACTICAL   EDUCATION. 


sirous  of  having  the  best  work  obtainable  even  though  it 
costs  more.  In  the  five  years  from  1881  to  1885,  the  average 
net  annual  expense  of  the  Educational  Department  was 
$331.65;  in  the  five  years  from  1886  to  1890,  the  average 
net  annual  expense  was  $695.10;  in  the  five  years  from  1891 
to  1895,  it  '^^'^s  $713-45'  'fi  the  five  years  from  1896  to 
1900,  the  average  net  annual  expense  was  $570.85  although 
the  enrollment  was  five  times  greater  at  the  end  of  this  period 
than  ever  before  and  a  secretary  was  employed  to  give  his 
entire  time  to  the  work.  In  1901  and  1902,  the  average 
net  annual  expense  was  $980.30  including  the  purchase  of 
much  needed  apparatus  and  also  alterations  and  additions 
in  the  way  of  equipment  for  the  institute. 


F.  C.  MEVER, 
Freehand  Drawing  and  Design 


VICKNTK  L1(;\RDA, 
Naval  Architecture. 


WILMEK  MUMA, 
Raphael  Weill  School  for  Working  Boys. 


JOSK  CAl  ilNO, 
Spanish.  French  and  Russian 


T.  J.   ROKSMAN, 
Assaying,  Chemistry  and  Physics. 


D.  C.  FARNHA.M, 
Principal  Working  Boys'  Night  School. 


CONRAD  I'.ONTZ, 
Stenography  and    1  yi>e\vriting. 


ASSOCIATION  INSTITUTE  OF  PRACTICAL 
EDUCATION  FOR  MEN  AND  BOYS 


Tlil-:  BOYS. 


f  1 1. API  IK     l\ 


I'.ALIZIXd  that  the  most  fruitful  tick!  for  the 
culti\ation    of    manhood    hes    in    the    boy     and      ^5../ 
youth,   the  Association  is  developing  great  ac-      Department 
'(^M^    ti\ity    along  the  line  of  aggressi\e  work  for  the 
juniors.     1  he  accommodations  which  it  is  possible  to  set  aside 
in  the  present  building  for  the  use  of  the  boys  arc  sexerely 


ONE  OF  THE    NIGHT   SCHOOL   CLASSES   F(.)R    WORKCING    BO\  S 


94 


FIVE  DECADES. 


taxed,  as  it  is  impossible  to  successfully  manage  more  than  the 
three  hundred  now  enrolled.  As  with  the  men,  one  of  the 
most  important  features  of  the  work  for  boys,  is  the  gymna- 
In  the  sium.  Here,  under  the  leadership  of  the  boys'  secretary,  they 
Gymnasium  ^^^  admitted  on  certain  afternoons  least  likely  to  interfere 
with  the  men's  work,  and  enjoy  to  the  full  the  opportunity  for 
physical  exercise.  A  reading  room  and  library,  as  well  as  a 
place  for  games,  is  set  aside  on  the  fourth  floor  for  the  use 
of  the  boys,  and  here  the  Weekly  Boys'  Meeting  is  held. 
The  best  public  speakers  of  San  Francisco  are  glad  to  ad- 
dress these  wide-awake  and  intelligent  boys,  and  their  singing 
is  hearty  and  earnest. 

Following  the  line  of  least  resistance  and  acting  upon 
the  "  gang  instinct,"  the  boys  are  encouraged  to  form  clubs 
for  various  purposes,  as  stamp  collecting  and  photography. 

Working  boys  are  also  reached  by  the  Association, — 
two    nights  per  week  being  devoted  to  the  gymnasium  and 
three  or  four  to  educational  class  work.    With  larger  quarters 
this  work  might  be  indefinitely  extended. 
Camp  McCov  ^^^  event  of  the  year,  however,  is  the  opening  of  Camp 

McCoy.  This  has  been  located  for  the  past  two  years 
near  Guerneville,  where  one  hundred  and  thirty  boys  take 
up  their  abode  in  tents  and  enjoy  to  the  full  all  the  pleasures 
afforded  by  nature.  Ihe  camp  is  under  the  direction  of  the 
boys'  secretary,  assisted  by  a  corps  of  leaders,  who  take  the 
best  care  possible  of  the  boys,  surrounding  them  meanwhile 
by  the  very  best  of  influences. 


Clubs 


Classes 


VARIOUS   ADDITIONAL   OPPORTLNTriFS. 


(  llAl'l  IK     \'. 


S  Stated  bclorc,  the  w<jrk.  of  the  Associuticjii, 
though  di\'ided  in  departments,  is  a  unit.  I  he 
iiienibers  in  general  enjoy  the  privileges  of  more 
than  one  de[)artment.  There  are  many  features 
not  mentioned  in  the  foregoing  discussion  of  departments 
which  must  not  be  omitted  in  any  description  of  the  Asso- 
ciation work.  The  library  and  reading  room  on  the  second 
Hoor  adjoining  the  business  ofHce  is  a  well-lighted  and  spa- 
cious room,  upon  the  tables  of  which  are  found  all  the  leading 
magazines  and  periodicals  of  the  world.  I  he  library, 
although  largely  intended  for  reference,  contains  many  \alu- 
able  and  useful  works.  It  is  supplemented  by  the  educational 
library  on  the  lourth  Hoor. 

The  LiteraiT  and  Debating  Society  has  been  a  feature 
of  the  Association  for  many  years.  Its  meetings  have  usually 
been  held  on  Saturday  evenings  and  have  afforded  an  excellent 
opportunity  for  young  men  who  desire  to  express  themselves 
well  and  intelligently  before  an  audience. 

Opening  out  of  the  main  reception  hall  is  the  social  and 
game  room  where  parlor  croquet,  crokinole,  checkers,  ping- 
pong  and  chess  are  played.  Here  also  is  a  constantly  used 
piano. 

On  the  fourth  floor  one  of  the  \ery  best  equipped  cam- 
era sections  in  the  country  is  locatetl.  Fi\e  dark  rooms,  a 
splendid  enlarging  apparatus  and  a  coinenicnt  locker  room 
are  at  the  disposal  ot  members. 

Many  social  gatherings  are  held  in  the  beautiful  par- 
lors on  the  third  floor,  and  ti^equent  bain]uets  in  connection 


Othtf  Features 
of  the  H'trk 


Library 
Redding 
Room 


Literary  and 
Debating 

Society 


(Ji":e  Root 


Camera  Section 


Social  Life 


96 


VWi:  DIX'ADKS. 


Employment 
Bureau 


with  \arious  meetings  of  the  members  are  held  on  the  fifth 
rtoor. 

Members  and  strangers  both,  find  our  Employment 
Bureau  an  effective  means  of  securing  a  situation.  The  Asso- 
ciation recommendation  goes  very  far  toward  securing  a  hear- 
ing for  a  prospective  employee.  The  business  men  of  San 
Francisco  are  turning  with  increasing  frequency  to  the  Asso- 
ciation when  in  need  of  suitable  help.  Our  own  students  are 
in  great  demand  and  the  usual  condition  of  affairs  is  that  we 
are  unable  to  supply  the  men  desired.  An  average  of  three 
or  four  hundred  a  year  secure  places  through  the  Association. 


Tiir:  SCOP1-:  oi  i  in.  wokk. 


ClIAPIl  K    \l. 


A 


The  Student 
Federation 


Work  for 


L\\'.\"\'S  ready  to  occupy  stratej^ic  positions,  the 
Association  saw  the  treniemlous  oi)portunity 
i^rWf^?^!  afforded  by  the  gathering  of  young  men  in  our 
j^i^^^^M^  institutions  of  higher  learning.  The  College 
1  Oung  Men's  Christian  Association  and  the  World's  Student 
Federation  ha\e  encircled  the  globe.  The  organization  has 
been  able  to  enter  the  great  universities  even  in  Japan,  where 
sectarian  religious  workers  are  forbidden.  In  China,  in  India, 
Ceylon,  South  America  and  throughout  the  world  wherever 
young  men  are  found,  there  the  Association  is  at  work. 

The  necessities  of  our  colored  brethren  ha\e  also 
appealed  to  the  Association  brotherhood,  and  increasing  pro-  Colored  Men 
vision  is  being  rapidly  made  for  the  bringing  of  the  influences 
cultivated  bv  the  Association  to  bear  upon  this  increasing 
portion  of  our  population.  It  promises  to  be  one  of  the  most 
effective  agencies  in  meeting  the  great  crisis  which  seems  to  be 
upon  us. 

Uncle  Sam's  boys  in  blue  are  rapidly  acquiring  deeper  jfn-  ^rm\  and 
respect  for  the  ideals  of  Christianity  as  set  forth  bv  the  ^'"^'y  ^"rk 
influence  of  the  Association.  Ihe  work  of  the  Christian 
Commission  during  the  Civil  War,  and  the  activity  of  the 
Association  for  the  soldiers  and  sailors  in  the  Spanish  War, 
have  attracted  the  attention  of  the  world.  Our  secre- 
taries in  the  Philippines  and  in  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico,  were 
found  on  the  firing  line  and  in  the  hospital,  where\er  xoung 
men  could  be  helped  and  uplifted.  Buildings  are  being 
erected  at  naval  stations  and  army  camps  wherein  the  Associa- 
tion work  is  displaying  its  adaptability  to  meet  the  needs  of  all 
conditions  of  men. 


98 


FIVE  DECADES. 


The  Railroad  Recognizing  the  need  of  going  to  men,  the  Association 

Men  s  Work  j^.^^  found  one  of  its  greatest  opportunities  in  the  estabHshing 
of  branches  for  the  employees  of  our  great  railways.  The 
\alue  of  such  work  from  a  business  standpoint,  has  been 
keenly  realized  by  the  great  companies  controlling  the  traffic 
of  our  nation.  With  astonishing  liberality  they  have  erected 
building  after  building  that  this  work  may  be  adequately  cared 
for,  and  their  increasing  appropriations  are  evidence  of  the 
qualitv  of  the  results. 
The  Indian  Among  the  most  picturesque  features  of  the  extensive 

epartment     ^^qj.]^  q£  {.|^£  Association  is  the  Indian  Department.     Forty- 
one  Associations  are  in  existence  reporting  a  total  membership 
of  1,872. 
The  Industrial  The  Industrial  Department, —  this  newest  development 

epar  men  ^£  ^.j^^  Association,  referred  to  elsewhere,  is  doing  for  men 
in  the  great  shops  and  factories  of  the  country,  the  same  sort 
of  work  that  is  being  accomplished  by  the  other  forms  of 
Association  organization.  Here,  too,  the  sympathy  and  co- 
operation of  the  employers  has  been  made  evident  by  their 
interest  and  large  financial  aid. 


PART  III. 


NEW  OPPORTUNITIES  FOR 
SAN  FRANCISCO. 


\\]\  uoiulcrtul  historical  elc\  clopinciit  of  the 
Association  since  its  inception,  its  readiness  to 
grapple  with  new  conditions  and  find  workable 
solutions  to  new  problems,  its  increasing  hold 
upon  that  portion  of  the  communitv  awake  to  the  importance 
of  training  \()ung  men  along  moral  lines,  and  its  success  in 
winning  men  to  a  higher  life  and  to  an  adherence  to  the 
principles  of  Jesus  Christ,  together  with  the  remarkably 
varied  and  effective  organization  which  exists  today,  render 
it  an  exceedingly  interesting  problem  to  estimate  the  possible 
future. 

Now  that  the  San  FVancisco  central  building  stands  free  Mission  Street 
from  debt,  new  work  and  more  extensive  must  be  adopted.  Branch 
The  Army  Branch  located  at  the  Presidio,  and  the  Mission 
Street  Branch  must  be  strengthened  and  the  work  intensified. 
The  importance  of  a  building  to  be  devoted  exclusively 
to  boys'  work  has  been  publicly  emphasized  by  the  general 
secretary'  since  the  dedication  of  the  building.  With  larger 
facilities,  we  may  expect  in  a  few  years  to  see  a  thousand 
boys  enrolled  in  the  junior  membership  of  the  Association. 
The  example  of  Mr.  Raphael  Weill  in  providing  evening 
school  facilities  for  his  cash  boys  may  well  be  followed  by 
other  employers  of  boys,  and  nowhere  will  they  find  influences 
around  these  boys  more  effective  for  good  than  in  the  Young 
Men's  Christian  Association.  Only  one  boy  in  ten  finishes  the 
grammar  school  and  only  one  in  a  hundred  the  high  school. 


Bo^s*  Building 


I02 


FIVE  DECADES. 


Association 
Institute 


Educational 
Endowment 


The  college  or  university  gets  but  one  in  twenty-five  hundred. 
What  is  to  become  of  the  other  boys  unless  some  adequate 
provision  is  made  for  their  intellectual  and  moral  welfare? 
What  agency  stands  higher  in  public  confidence,  possessed  oi 
better  facilities,  or  of  the  desire  and  readiness  to  do  the  work 
than  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association? 

Since  the  boy  becomes  the  young  man  and  since  the 
young  man  in  general  is  without  proper  training  as  a  boy,  all 
the  arguments  for  the  increased  work  on  the  part  of  the  Asso- 
ciation for  boys  are  intensified  as  they  grow  older.  Perhaps 
the  deficiency  easiest  to  discover  on  the  part  of  the  average 
young  man  is  the  lack  of  educational  training;  and  the 
wonderful  success  of  the  Association  educational  department 
in  general,  which  has  grown  up  under  the  careful  supervision 
of  the  International  Committee  in  New  York,  foretells 
tremendous  growth  in  this  practical  university  for  young 
men  who  study  at  night.  In  the  San  Francisco  Asso- 
ciation, the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  there  will 
be  the  fullest  equipment  along  the  lines  of  technical 
and  scientific  research  for  the  benefit  of  young  men  in  this 
city  who  are  engaged  along  these  lines  of  endeavor.  The 
present  small  beginnings  in  the  way  of  chemical  and  physical 
laboratories,  of  engine  and  machine  shop  practice,  of  archi- 
tectural, structural,  mechanical  and  naval  drafting,  are 
destined  to  develop  into  larger  things.  Although  four  years 
ago  practically  three-fourths  of  the  students  were  taking 
commercial  studies,  today,  with  an  increase  in  attendance  of 
five  times  larger  than  then,  sixty  per  cent  of  the  students  are 
devoting  themselves  to  scientific  and  industrial  work.  Provis- 
ion must  be  made  for  these  classes  in  the  way  of  suitable  class 
rooms  and  laboratories.  Millions  of  dollars  spent  in  endow- 
ment of  our  institutions  of  higher  learning  reach  directly  but 
one  man  of  twenty-five  hundred.     It  is  time  that  the  philan- 


NKW  OJM'OKirM  I  IIS    loK    S.\N    I  KANt  ISfO.  I  O3 

thropist  gave  his  attention  to  the  other  twenty-four  hundred 
and  ninety-nine. 

But  not  only  alon^  the  lines  ol  hoys'  work  antl  educa- 
tional work  may  we  expect  attention  on  the  part  ot  the  Asso-  RfH^jaus  iVork 
elation.  The  rapidly  growing  work  on  distinctively  religious  Secretary 
lines  and  the  importance  of  the  Bihle  study  department  will 
necessitate  soon  the  attention  of  a  religious  work  secretary, 
who  shall  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  organization  ot  the 
forces  already  at  our  disposal  to  accomplish  results  tor  the 
distinctively  spiritual  welfare  of  our  constituency. 

There  will  also  he  a  necessity  for  a  social  work  secretary, 
who  shall  have  charge  of  ministering  to  the  social  needs  of      Social  Work 
young   men,    for  the   Association   has   come   to   realize    that      Director 
proper  social  opportunities  form  one  of  the  strongest  influ- 
ences which  can  he  brought  to  hear  upon  the  young  man  tor 
his  uplifting.     This  too,  then  is  inevitable. 

But  not  only  in  the  main  building  will  this  de\elopment 
come.  The  work  throughout  the  city  is  to  grow.  I  he  Metropolitan 
Metropolitan  System,  with  a  board  of  directors  and  secre-  P^^" 
tarial  force  for  the  entire  city,  each  branch  having  its  own 
secretaries  and  committee  management,  renders  more  effective 
the  work  of  the  Association,  since  it  can  intelligently  discrimi- 
nate concerning  the  needs  of  the  various  sections  of  the  com- 
munity and  more  effectively  reach  those  whose  time  and 
money  are  necessary  to  the  carrying  on  of  the  work. 

When  this  is  done,  the  next  development  in  Kastern 
cities  will  be  inaugurated  here.  It  is  called  the  Industrial  The  Industrial 
Department  and  its  work  consists  of  enlisting  the  sympathetic  Department 
co-operation  of  the  great  employers  of  labor:  the  equipment 
and  maintenance  of  suitable  buildings  for  the  men  in  the 
shops,  the  holding  of  noonday  shop  gatherings  for  educa- 
tional or  religious  purposes;  antl.  in  short,  reaching  tor 
Christ  the  man  who  works  with  his  ct)at  oft,  as  well  as  the 


I04 


FIVK  OF. CADES. 


more  neatly  dressed  clerk  or  business  man.  In  the  days  to 
come,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  will  find  a  way 
to  reach  every  class  of  man  who  goes  in  and  out  of  San 
Francisco.  The  sailor,  the  soldier,  the  shopman,  and  laborer, 
the  business  man  and  clerk, —  all  will  find  that  the  Associa- 
tion has  something  for  them.  The  practical  unity  of  Christian 
effort,  which  finds  its  highest  exemplification  in  the  Associa- 
tion, will  once  again  demonstrate  its  efficiency  in  furthering 
the  interests  of  the  Kingdom  of  Heaven. 


OUR  NEEDS  IN  BRIEE 

EXIX  )\\l.\(.  Till::  ASSULIATIOX. 

No  organization  exists  in  our  cit\  more  worthy  of  a  liberal 
support  and  endowment  than  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion. The  special  departments  of  the  great  and  practical  work  that 
would  seem  to  have  a  claim  on  public  benefactors,  are  the  Xight- 
school  for  Men  and  Hons,  where  they  receive  a  technical  and 
commercial  education ;  the  Religious  and  Bible  Study  De])art- 
ments  ;  the  Library  and  the  Employment  Department;  and  the 
De])arlment  of  Ph\sical  Education. 


YOL"R    WILL. 

Many  philanthropists  are  disposing  of  their  large  fortunes 
during  life,  that  they  may  witness  the  benefits  derived  from  such 
gifts.  Yet  there  are  other  wealthy  people  who  are  contemplating 
leaving  legacies  for  reliable  and  permanent  institutions.  For  such 
a  purpose  no  institution  in  the  country  is  more  deserving  than  the 
San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Christian  Association,  and  we  submit 
herewith  the  form  of  a  bequest.  Well-known  business  men  man- 
age its  affairs,  and  their  connection  with  the  Association  is  a 
guarantee  of  the  value  of  its  work. 


BEQUEST. 

I  give  and   bctjvieaih   to  the    Trustees  of  the  Young   Men's 

Christian  Association  of  San  I'rancisco,  the  sum  of  $ 

and  the  receipt  of  the  Treasurer  thereof  shall  be  a  sufficient  dis- 
charge to  my  executors  for  the  same. 

If  real  estate  is  given,  it  should  be  thoroughly  described  and 
specified. 


io6 


FIVE  DKCADKS. 

WE    NEED 


Sioo.ooo    for  a  boys"  biiildin,^:  and  equipment  for  industrial  train- 

inq' ; 
$100,000  endowment  for  educational  department. 
$100,000  for  endowments  of  various  departments; 
S  50,000   for  the  army  department ; 
$  50,000  for  a  building  for  the  Mission  Street  Branch  ; 
$  50,000   to  enlarge  the  Central  Building  and  also  equip  it  with 

dormitories . 


APPENDIX. 


T 


THE  JUBILEE. 

HI'".  Jubilee  Cclcliriition  coninicrnoratlii^  the  first 
titty  years  of  valuable  work  for  young  men  and 
^W(^^(^^  '^''ys  '^vas  fittingly  observed  from  July  i6  to 
^^^^?fQtt^  19,  1903.  This  great  Association  that  had  such 
a  small  beginning  in  San  l-rancisco,  July  18,  1853,  has  grown 
to  gigantic  proportions. 

The  first  was  the  Mothers'  Meeting,  held  in  the  interest 
of  the  47,000  boys  of  San  Francisco,  Thursday  afternoon, 
the  1 6th,  presided  over  by  Mrs.  John  F.  Merrill;  addresses 
were  made  by  Mrs.  Isidor  Lowenberg,  Mrs.  P.  D.  Brown, 
Mrs.  B.  C.  Wright,  chairman  of  the  Woman's  Auxiliary; 
Mr.  Rolla  V.  Watt,  president  of  the  Association,  and  Rev. 
Arthur  H.  Briggs,  D.  D.  Vocal  selections  were  beautifully 
rendered  by  Mrs.  L.  Snider-Johnson. 

A  great  gathering  of  men  filling  the  Auditorium  was 
held  Thursday  evening,  the  i6th,  presided  over  by  Mr.  Rolla 
V.  Watt.  The  program  consisted  of  selections  by  the 
Knickerbocker  Male  Quartet  and  readings  by  Miss  Esther 
Macomber;  short  addresses  by  Messrs.  C.  A.  Maydwell, 
1.  J.  Truman,  A.  S.  Johnson,  Thomas  G.  Crothers,  and 
Capt.  J.  G.  Le\ensaler  of  the  board  of  directors,  the  general 
secretary,  H.  J.  McCoy,  Edward  Coleman,  chairman  of 
board  of  trustees,  and  Rev.  W.  C.  Pond,  D.  D. 

Friday  afternoon,  the  17th,  at  4:30  o'clock,  a  ser\'ice 
for  boys  was  held  in  the  Auditorium,  at  which  time  a  masterly 
address  was  delivered  by  Rev.  ¥.  S.  Ford,  pastor  of  the  P'irst 
Christian  Church,  Mr.  A.  Claude  Braden,  secretary  of  the 
Boys'  Department,  presiding. 

Friday   e\'ening,    the    17th,    there    was    a    union    praise 


112  FIVE  DECADES. 

service  of  all  the  citv  churches,  completely  filling  the  Audi- 
torium. Ihe  general  secretary  presided;  short  addresses 
were  given  by  Mr.  William  Cleaver,  general  secretary  of  the 
Los  Angeles  Association  and  Mr.  C.  B.  Perkins  of  the  board 
of  directors;  vocal  selections  by  the  Oliphant  sisters  of 
Chicago,  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker,  the  blind  singers  of 
Philadelphia.  Several  young  men,  including  members  of  the 
Army  and  Mission  Street  Branches,  spoke  of  the  value  of  the 
work  of  the  Association. 

On  Saturday  evening,  the  i8th,  the  Jubilee  Day  Banquet 
was  given  at  the  California  Hotel,  at  which  a  large  number 
of  guests  were  present.  The  invocation  was  offered  by  Rev. 
W.  C.  Pond,  D.  D.,  who  was  present  at  the  organization  of 
the  Association  fifty  years  ago;  President  Watt  presided. 
Mr.  H.  L.  Chamberlain,  who  was  president  of  the  Association 
from  1863  to  1864,  made  a  brief  address;  Mr.  W.  M. 
Cubery,  president  from  1864  ^o  1865,  Mr.  Samuel  Irving, 
president  from  1865  to  1866,  and  Mr.  Elijah  Clough,  an 
early  librarian  of  the  institution,  also  spoke.  Following  these 
addresses  the  first  record,  made  July  18,  1853,  was  read  by 
the  recording  secretary  of  the  present  board  of  directors, 
Mr.  C.  A.  Maydwell.  The  regular  speakers  of  the  evening 
then  responded  to  the  following  toasts : 

"Retrospect,"  A.  P.  Black,  Esq.;  "Prospect,"  Rev. 
George  C.  Adams,  D.  D.;  "A  Business  Man's  Estimate," 
Edward  Coleman,  Esq.;  "Greeting  from  the  Southland," 
William  Cleaver;  "  Practical  Education  of  Young  Men  and 
Boys,"  A.  A.  Macurda,  A.  M.;  "The  Value  in  a  Boy,"  Hart- 
land  Law,  M.  D.;  "What  We  Represent,"  Rev.  John 
Hemphill,  D.  D.;  "California,"  E.  E.  Kelly,  M.  D.; 
"What  Next,"  Henry  J.  McCoy. 

Rev.  Smith  Baker,  I).  D.,  of  Portland,  Maine,  pastor  of 
Williston  Congregational   Church,  where  the  first  Christian 


Till.  J  rjiu.hi:.  1 13 

Endeavor  Society  was  organized,  was  present  as  special  guest 
of  the  evening,  he  being  the  old-time  friend  of  General  Secre- 
tary McCoy.  Dr.  Baker  gave  a  most  interesting  address  at 
the  close  of  the  baiu]uct. 

Words  of  greeting  were  recei\ed  from  .Mr.  R.  C.  .Morse, 
general  secretary  of  the  International  Committee  at  Xew 
York,  Mr.  Walter  C.  Douglass,  general  secretary  at  Phila- 
delphia, Mr.  D.  Edward  Collins,  chairman  California  State 
Committee,  who  was  unaxoidably  detained,  .Mr.  Noel  H. 
Jacks,  formerly  of  Oakland  and  now  general  secretary  at 
Hartford,  Conn.,  Mr.  L.  Wilbur  Messer,  general  secretary 
at  Chicago,  Mr.  George  Sutherland,  acting  State  secretary, 
who  was  unable  to  be  present,  and  the  following  cablegram 
from  Sir  George  Williams,  of  London,  Enghunl,  touiuler  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association: 

London,  July  17,  1903. 
McCoy,  San  Francisco,  for  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion : 

I  rejoice  with  you  all  on  your  jubilee  and  thank  God  for 
young  men  brought  to  the  Saviour  through  your  work.     May 
the  Lord  encourage  all  your  hearts  to  go  forward. 
With  loving  greetings, 

George  Williams. 

A  fitting  climax  of  the  week's  series  was  a  great  mass 
meeting  in  the  interest  of  the  extension  of  our  work  among 
young  men  in  non-Christian  lands,  Sunday  afternoon,  the  19th, 
at  3  o'clock.  .\n  audience  was  present  that  completely  filled 
the  Auditorium.  1  he  general  secretary  presided  and  short 
addresses  were  made  by  Rev.  H.  H.  Bell,  D.  D.,  pastor  of 
the  First  Lnited  Presbyterian  Church,  Mr.  William  Cleaver, 
general  secretary  of  the  Los  Angeles  Association,  and  Rev. 
Smith   Baker,    of    Portland,    .Maine.       The    Hawaiian    .Male 


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FIVE  DECADES. 


Quartet  sang  most  acceptably  three  or  four  selections.  The 
music  was  under  the  direction  of  Mr.  A.  A.  Macurda,  educa- 
tional director,  and  the  instrumental  music  was  furnished  by 
Robson's  orchestra. 

Every  gathering  was  largely  attended  and  a  marked 
degree  of  interest  manifested,  the  banquet  being  especially 
enjoyable.  The  address  by  Dr.  Law,  "  The  Value  in  a  Boy," 
was  most  able,  and  established  his  reputation  as  an  orator,  he 
making  the  chief  address  of  the  evening.  One  feature  that 
distinguished  this  banquet  from  all  other  similar  functions 
was  that  the  millionaire  philanthropist  and  the  mechanic  sat 
down  together,  and  women  from  widely  separated  conditions 
of  society  met  and  conversed  together. 

The  first  fifty  years  of  the  San  F^rancisco  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  is  now  history.  Men  of  sterling  worth 
and  stalwart  Christian  character  were  the  organizers  and  pro- 
moters: and  it  is  no  small  honor  for  any  man  to  be  their 
successors  and  to  enter  into  their  labors.  As  we  cross  the 
threshold  into  the  next  half  century  may  it  be  with  a  deep 
and  renewed  consecration  to  the  God  of  young  manhood, 
and  with  a  prayer  for  divine  wisdom  and  power  to  go  forth 
to  help  make  grander  even  the  days  to  come  than  those  num- 
bered with  the  past. 


IMPORTANT  INFORMATION. 


ANNUAL    SIWrKMENT,  January    i,    1903. 

A  close  analysis  of  the  work  of  the  Young  .Men's  Christian 
Association,  toi^'ether  with  the  following  interesting  facts,  provides 
food  for  thought  for  the  student  of  sociology.  The  cosmopolitan 
nature  of  the  work  accomplished  is  shown  by  the  table  given 
below. 


XATiuXALlTV 

American 1,152 

(lerman 

English 

Canadian    

French   

Irish    

Scotch 

Italian 

Swedish    

Danish    

Spanish 

Swiss    

Mexican 

Armenian 


c)0 

^7 
60 
40 

34 
22 
16 

14 
10 

7 
6 

6 

5 


Ul-    AlklMUERS. 

Austrian 

Welsh 

Portuguese  .  .  .  . 
Xorwegian  .  .  .  . 
Australian    .... 

Hawaiian    

Japanese  

Polish    

Russian 

P>razilian 

Chilean    

Chinese 

Filipino 


ffV  Xozt.'  IIcK'C  Over  T1C0   llioiisand  Members. 
Regarding  the  religious  convictions  of  the  members  enrolled,  a 
still  greater  diversity  is  here  presented.     It  shows  that  the  Asso- 
ciation stands  for  clean  manhood  and  does  not  make  a  man's  creed 
a  test  for  menibershi]). 

RICLICIOUS   COXMCTIOXS. 

Latter  Dav  Saints 10 


Catholic 204 

Episcopalian    187 

Presbyterian    186 

Jewish    178 

Methodist    164 

Congregational 161 

Bajnist 76 

Lutheran   70 

Christian    60 

Unitarian     34 

United  Presbyterian    ...  18 

All  members  do  not  state  their  religious  convictions. 


German  Protestant    .  . 

Friends    

Evangelical   

Home  of  Truth 

French  Church 

Christian  Science  .... 
Seventh  Day  Adventist 

Salvation  Army 

Swedenborgian 


Il6  FIVE  DECADES. 

THE  CLASS  OF  MEN  WE  REACH. 

Office  boys,  cash  boys,  apprentices,  helpers  and  younjj^  men 

on   small  salaries 4^8 

Office  men   (including  bookkeepers,  stenographers,  and  all 

employed  in  clerical  work) 264 

Salesmen  (including  clerks  in  stores,  agents  and  solicitors) .  .  .205 

Professional  men    132 

Students  (in  schools  and  colleges) 126 

Tradesmen  (including  all  men  with  regular  trades,  such  as 

engineers,  machinists,  printers,  etc.) 7'^ 

Proprietors  (including  head  men  and  managers) 62 

Laborers  (including  all  doing  manual  labor) 40 

In  all  over  two  hundred  different  occupations  are  repicsented 
— a  practical  illustration  of  the  "  Brotherhood  of  Man." 

The  following  figures  show  the  amount  contributed  b}'  the 
members  themselves  towards  the  support  of  our  work : 

Total  membership  fees $i5'773-^5 

Rent  of  locker  boxes  in  gymnasium i  ,966.85 

Receipts  from  concerts  and  lectures 629.25 

Receipts  from  the  Star  Course  of  Entertainments.  .  .  .        1,211.60 

Use  of  towels  paid  for  by  members 335-05 

Volunteer  League,  independent  of  subscriptions  made 

by  Association   (work  for  young  men  in  foreign 

lands)     750.00 

Tuition  from  Educational  Department 5,21 1.20 

Total $25,877.60 

It  is  necessary  to  supplement  this  amount  contributed  by  the 

members  by   raising  about  $5,000  annually  in  subscriptions,   in 

order  to  provide  for  all  branches  of  the  work  and  its  extension. 

This  large  amount,  $25,877.60,  contributed  by  the  members, 

represents  $3.31  for  every  dollar  contributed  by  the  public. 

USE  OF  PRIVILEGES. 

The    following    figures    have    been    compiled    after    careful 
observation,  showing  the  number  of  men  using  the  privileges. 


IMPORTANT    INFORMATION.  llj 

Averaj:^c  number  per  day  usin^  j^ymnasiuni  and  baths 368 

Average  number  per  day  using  reading  room  and  library.  .  .  200 
Average  number  i)er  day  in  educational  classes  and   F>ible 

classes    yx) 

Average  number  attending  lectures,  concerts,  Sunday  meet- 
ings, etc 1 50 

Total 1,018 

From  these  figures  one  observes  that  the  Association  each  day 
touches  for  good  the  lives  of  over  a  thousand  young  men  and 
boys. 

EMPL()YMl':.\'i\ 

The  report  of  the  Employment  Department  for  i(/)2  shows 
that  Six  applications  were  received  and  filed,  and  of  that  number 
319  secured  positions.  The  average  age  of  the  successful  appli- 
cants was  24,  and  the  average  salary  $38  ])er  month. 

THE  ASSOCIATION  INSTITUTE  OF  PRACTICAL  EDU- 
CATION FOR  MEN  AND  BOYS.     NIGHT  AND  DAY 
CLASSES. 
The  Present  Enrollment  is  Three  Hundred  Seventy-Four. 
The  report  for  the  year  1902  concerning  the  finances  of  the 
Institute  as  shown  by  the  books  of  the  Association,  is  especially 
gratifying  as  compared  with  that  of  the  year  previous.     The  total 
receipts  for  the  year  in  tuition  were  $5,21 1.20.    The  salary  account 
called  for  the  expenditure  of  $4,832. 8(^).     In  addition  to  this  ex- 
pense, equipment  and  improvements  in  the  class-rooms  have  been 
secured  at  a  cost  of  $1,012.59.    For  the  year  previous  the  same  ac- 
counts were:     Received  for  tuition.  $2,185.75;    paid  for  salaries, 
$2.784.09 ;    and  for  equipment  and  supplies,  $774. 
Night    Law   School  —  Four    Years'    Course.      Instructors    from 
Unii'crsity  of  California  and  Stanford  Uni^'crsity. 

REPORT  OF  THE  TRE.ASURER  FC^R  I(K^2. 

•|Risri:i:s'  Atcofx  r. 

I.  J.  Tkl'max,  I'rcasurcr.  in  account  with  Thk  Uo.vrd  of 
Trustees  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of  San 
Francisco. 


Il8  FIVK  DECADES. 

January   i   to  Deccniber  31,  1902. 

RF.CEIPTS. 

Rents,  Offices  and  Stores $13,165.30 

Rents,  Auditorium  and  Halls 387.00 

Donations  to  Building  Indebtedness  Inuid     6.576.10     $20,128.40 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

Alterations  in  offices  and  stores  and  other 

repairs   to   building $4,072.40 

Taxes   788.93 

Insurance 1 ,063.00 

Interest 6,747.50 

Paid  on  account  mortgage  ]:)rincipal 4.500.00 

$17,171.83 
On  hand,  belonging  to  Building  Fund.  .  .  .      2,076.10     $19,247.93 

Balance  transferred  to  Association  CiuTent 

Expense  Account   $880.47 

CURRENT  EXPENSE  ACCOUNT. 

Total  receipts $3570^ -S^ 

Total  disbursements 35,488.08 

Balance  on  hand  Dec.  31,  1902 $213.48 

San  Francisco,  January  10,  1903. 

To  the  Board  of  Directors  of  tlie  Yoitiig  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  San  Francisco,  California. 

Gentlemen :  This  certifies  that  I  have  this  day  examined  the 
accounts  of  the  San  Francisco  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
for  the  year  ending  December  31,  1902,  and  find  the  same  to  be 
correct,  with  proper  vouchers  for  all  expenditures,  and  find  the 
cash  on  hand  and  in  the  bank  to  agree  with  the  cash  book. 
Respectfully  submitted, 

(Signed)         C.  E.  Howard, 

Expert  Accountant. 


LIFE  MEMBERS. 


Adams.  I-"..  M. 

Alvord,   Will. 

Amies,  Charles  W. 

Asher.  J.  M. 

r.ailey,  W. 

llalnaves,  Wm. 

llannister.  Rev.   E. 

J'.aldwiii.    Dr.    .\.   S. 

Bancroft,   A.   L. 

Badger,  W  .  G. 

Barker.  J.  L. 

I'.anies,  \v.  S. 

Beach,  Cliilion 

Beckwith,  Kev.  E.  G.,  D.D. 

Benchley,  L.  B. 

Beaver,  G.  W. 

Bell.  John  C.,  Jr. 

I'.ird.   Matthew 

Bigelow,   II.  II. 

Blasdel,  11.  1). 

Bowers,  J.  T. 

Breed,  D.  C. 

Brewster.  B. 

Bruce.  Donald 

Budget.  James  S. 

Bush.  Rev.  J.  S. 

Burnett.  W.  C. 

Black,  Alfred  P. 

Caldwell,  Rev.  J.  A. 

Carmany,  C>  rus  W. 

Carmany.  J.  H. 

Carr,  W.  B. 

Carr,  George  S. 

Chenev.  Rev.  D.  B..  D.D.S. 


Chaiiil)trlaiii.  ILL. 
Chapin,  ( i.   W  . 
Chase.  James  B. 
Clayton,  Charles 
Cox,  James  W. 
Cole,  John   I'. 
Coleman,   l-jlward 
Coleman.  John  C. 
Code.   I',  f). 
Coddington.  W  .  11. 
Crowley.  H.  G. 
Crimm,  W.  H. 
Cubery,  Wm.  M. 
Cooper,  Geo.  D. 
Davisson.  R.  G. 
Davis,  Irwin 
Davis,  George 
Davis.  Willis  E. 
Dickson,  Robert 
Doe.  Charles  F. 
Doe,  Bartlett 
Dole,  Daniel  X. 
Drexler.  Mrs.  Elise  A. 
Duck.  Frank  \". 
Dimn,  John 
Dutton.   W.  J. 
Eaton,  J.  A. 
Fisher.  L.  P. 
Forsaith.  E.  W. 
Flint,  W.  K. 
Flint,  i:.  P. 
l-lood.  James  L. 
Fili])i)e.    r.  Pi.  de 
French,  M.  P.. 


I20 


FIVE  DECADES. 


Foster,  \\'alter  W.  S. 
Fry,  Col.  John  D. 
Fuller,  J. 

Gardiner,  Alex.  S. 
Gordon,  James  E. 
Goddard,  Henry  K. 
Gray,  H.  H. 
Green,  A.  T. 
Greenwood,  Frank  M. 
Gunnison,  Charles  A. 
Ham,  Chas.  H. 
Hatch,  T.  H. 
Han  ford,  T. 
Harper,  A. 
Hawes,  Levi  M. 
Hawley,  G.  T. 
Hawley,  E.  R. 
Hawley,  George  M. 
Hayward,  Alvinza 
Hanscom,  John 
Hamilton,  Chas.  F. 
Harmon,  A.  K.  P. 
Hewes,  David 
Highton,  Henry  E. 
Hindman,  E. 
Houston,  F.  K. 
Howes,  Jabez 
Holt,  Mrs.  S.  E. 
Hobbs,  John  K.  C. 
Holbrook,  Charles 
Hunt,  Rev.  T.  D. 
Hutchinson,  J.  S. 
Hyde,  Frederick  A. 
Hesse,  Ira  A. 
Irving,  Samvtel 
Johnson,  E. 
Jones,  J.  P. 
Keeney,  Charles  C. 
Kemp.  John  H.,  Jr. 


Kentfield,  E.  E. 
Kellet,  \V.  F. 
King,  H.  L. 
King,  H.  L.,  Jr. 
King,  C.  J. 

Knowland.  Mrs.  Joseph 
Knowland,  Joseph 
King,  Joseph  L. 
Kuss,  George  W. 
Lauderdale,  J.  V. 
Law,  Hartland,  M.  I). 
Law,  Horace  C. 
Law,  Harold  W. 
Law,  Hubert  E. 
Lent,  W.  L. 
Levensaler,  Capt.  J.  G. 
Levensaler,  Wm.  McL. 
Levensaler,  Caleb 
Levensaler.  James  A. 
Lee,  Louis  A. 
Leffingwell,  H.  L. 
Livermore,  H.  P. 
Mather,  D.  W. 
McLane,  Louis,  Jr. 
McBurnie,  Edwin  S. 
McCormick,  R.  C. 
McCreery,  A.  B. 
McDonald,  Mark  L. 
Merrill,  Annis 
Merrill,  John  F. 
Miller,  A. 
Miller,  Henry 
Mills,  D.  O.  ^ 
Montgomery,  Charles 
Moore,  Chas.  H. 
Morgan,  E.  H.     - 
Morrow,  G.  P. 
Mysell,  W.  C. 
Parker,  Charles  H. 


LIFE  MKMHKRS. 


121 


Parker,  E.  H. 
Palachc,  Thomas  H. 
Penny,  Isaac 
Pfistcr.  J.  J. 
I'fister,  J.  j..  Jr. 
Pierce,  Mrs.  A.  A. 
Pierce,  James  P. 
Prescott,  Mrs.  Geo.  W. 
Pond.  Rev.  W.  C.  D.D. 
Pope,  Georg^e  A. 
Ralston,  A.  J. 
Reed.  Joseph  L. 
Roherts.  ( ieor^je  E. 
Rof^ers.  Georg^e  E. 
Robinson,   James    H. 
Roosevelt,  Theodore 
Sawyer,  M.  B. 
Sanborn.  John  Albert 
Sanborn.  John  L. 
Schreiber,  J. 
Sessions,  E.  C. 
Simpson,  Capt.  A.  M. 
Smith,  (iustavus  A. 
Sparrow,  Harvey  E. 
Spreckels,  Claus 
Stanford,  Jerome  B. 
Steele,  Tames  G. 


Stocking,  Ered  M. 
Summers,  Calvin  F. 
Taylor,  Rev.  W. 
Taylor,  Join; 
Taylor,  \\  .   11. 
Towne,  J.  W  . 
Tweeddale,  Robt.  D. 
Taylor,  I.  X. 
Van  Winkle,  Mrs.  I.  S. 
Van  Reynegom,  F.  W. 
Venen,  E.  P. 
Vreeland,  Karl 
Warren,  James   P. 
Watt,  Roila  \". 
Webb,  C.  C. 
Wells,  H.  J. 
Wheeler.  A.  A. 
Whiting,  M.  S. 
Whittier.  W.  Frank 
\\  iggins.  James  Findla 
Wiley,  Rev.  S.  H. 
Wittenbach,  C.  L. 
Wood  worth.  Rev.  Jas. 
Wright,  C.  S. 
Wright,  Harold  L. 
Wvatt,  Rev.  C.  1'..,  D.D. 


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